A bit delayed, but it seems that the new airport in Qingdao is due to open today. The design seems imitate Daxing, the size and scale of this infrastructure clearly shows some intent for this Tier 2 port city in Shandong to elevate itself in the aviation stakes. Pre-pandemic it had opened up a.number of international routes.

All operations will transfer from the exiting Luiting airport including the airport designator TAO.

Global Times: New airport to be operational in China's Qingdao.

It seems there are a couple of YouTube videos available where vloggers have done walkarounds of the new terminal which appears to have 91 gates and a lot of new tech.

Would be useful if/when any flyertalkers can report on any journey through the new airport