Shou Xiaoli:

Thank you, Mayor Gong, for your opening remarks. We will now move to the Q&A session. Please identify the media outlet you represent before asking your questions.

Science and Technology Daily:

I'm interested in the development of prioritized industries like integrated circuits, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence, as well as traditional industries like automobiles. I'm wondering what is the next step for promoting the development of these industries. What is Shanghai's plan to encourage the development of new quality productive forces? Thank you.

Gong Zheng:

Thank you. I'll take the questions. Developing new quality productive forces is key to Shanghai's high-quality development. We must strive to lead the way and stay ahead.

Overall, Shanghai has a solid foundation and various advantages in developing new quality productive forces. First, it boasts strong, comprehensive scientific and technological capabilities. Shanghai has gathered a significant number of national strategic scientific and technological forces, including national laboratories. There are currently 20 major scientific and technological infrastructure projects either completed, under construction, or planned for the future. Additionally, we have attracted prestigious research institutions, including the Tsung-dao Lee Institute and the Shanghai Institute for Mathematics and Interdisciplinary Sciences.

Second, Shanghai's industrial transformation and upgrading have been underway for quite some time. The city has largely shaped its industrial development around modern service industries as the mainstay, strategic emerging industries as the driving force, and advanced manufacturing as the backbone. In 2023, strategic emerging industries accounted for 43.9% of the total output value of industrial enterprises above designated size. 

Third, Shanghai boasts a large number of high-level professionals. We've been making substantial efforts to attract and retain top-tier talents, and particularly the three prioritized industries of integrated circuits, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence have attracted more than 800,000 talents. Shanghai’s integrated circuits talents account for approximately 40% of the national total.

Looking ahead, we will thoroughly implement General Secretary Xi Jinping's important instructions on developing new quality productive forces, promoting industrial innovation through sci-tech innovation, and applying more sci-tech achievements to specific industries and industrial chains to accelerate the development of new quality productive forces. Our focus will be on continuously improving the high-end, intelligent, green, and integrated development of industries in the following three aspects based on our inherent advantages.

First, we will promote the "2+2" strategy, emphasizing the consolidation of the advantages of traditional industries. As mentioned earlier, traditional industries such as automobiles, steel, and chemicals still take up a large proportion of Shanghai's economy, with some being advantageous industries that cannot be overlooked or abandoned. Therefore, we are focusing on promoting the deep integration of advanced manufacturing with modern service industries, with particular emphasis on producer services. Additionally, we are prioritizing the "two transformations" strategy, encouraging all industries, especially traditional ones, to undergo digital, green and low-carbon transformations. We aim to empower traditional industries through new technologies, models, and formats, transforming them into new quality productive forces.

Second, we will promote the "3+6" model to establish innovation hubs for emerging industries. The "3" refers to three pioneering industries designated to Shanghai by the CPC Central Committee: integrated circuits, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence. Last year, these industries collectively amounted to a total scale of 1.6 trillion yuan. We will continuously implement national strategic deployments, take up our mission and tasks, and initiate a new round of "Shanghai Solutions" to consistently achieve breakthroughs in key links and improve the resilience and security of industrial and supply chains. The "6" means six major industries with unique features and foundations in Shanghai. We will accelerate the development of four industry clusters in electronic information, life and health, automobiles, and high-end equipment, each with a scale of 1 trillion yuan. Additionally, we will develop two clusters in advanced materials and fashion consumer goods, each with a scale of 500 billion yuan.

Third, we will introduce the "4+5" scheme to nurture new engines for the development of future-oriented industries. The "4" denotes four new fields: digital economy, green and low-carbon, metaverse and intelligent terminals. The "5" refers to five future-oriented industries: healthcare, intelligence, energy, space, and materials. We have devised action plans and strategies to further enhance our deployment of disruptive technologies and cutting-edge sectors. Efforts will be made to achieve breakthroughs in core technologies in key fields and establish industrial development advantages in several subdivisions. Thank you.