Shandong (simplified Chinese: 山东; traditional Chinese: 山东; pinyin: Shāndōng; Wade-Giles: Shan-tung) is a coastal province of eastern People's Republic of China. Its abbreviation is Lǔ, after the state of Lu that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period.

Shandong's name is literally translated as: east of the mountain, which refers to the province's location east of the Taihang Mountains. The province is located in the lower reaches of the Huang He (Yellow River) and extends out to sea in the form of the Shandong Peninsula. Shandong borders the Bohai Sea to the north, Hebei to the northwest, Henan to the west, Jiangsu to the south, and the Yellow Sea to the southeast; it also shares a very short border with Anhui, between Henan and Jiangsu.

A common nickname for Shandong is Qílǔ, after the state of Lu and state of Qi that existed here during the Spring and Autumn Period.

The Office of Scientific and Technological Industry of National Defence in Shandong Province is responsible for the implementation of state guidelines, polices, and laws and regulations pertaining to scientific and technological industry of national defence. Its main works are as follows: military, civil explosive, marine and nuclear emergency management in Shandong province; formulation and implementation of civil-military integration development planning, polices, and laws and regulations in Shandong province; management of retired cadres of the Ministry departments and its directly affiliated institutions; supervision and coordination on retired cadres of the central military industry group Shandong office; Party building of the central military industry group Shandong office; cooperation on cadre administration and personnel affairs; guidance and management of directly affiliated institutions reform, development, and stability; and undertaking of other works assigned by Shandong Economic and Information Technology Committee.