On the morning of January 15, the Third Session of the 16th Shanghai People's Congress convened at the Expo Center, with Mayor Gong Zheng presenting the Government Work Report. Mayor Gong highlighted Shanghai's commitment to fostering industrial transformation and upgrading, emphasizing a focus on industrial advancement and initiating a fresh cycle of the "Shanghai Plan" for its three pillar industries. Key strategies involve refining the layout of the integrated circuit industry, catalyzing innovative advancements across the entire biopharmaceutical supply chain, and expediting the development of innovation hubs for the artificial intelligence sector.

Furthermore, Shanghai aims to nurture and bolster strategic emerging industries and future-oriented sectors, encompassing the low-altitude economy, large aircraft manufacturing, new energy vehicles, intelligent terminals, marine equipment, space information technologies, and robotics. In the realm of industrial intelligence, the city will expedite the widespread adoption of the industrial internet, foster the construction of smart factories, and intensify research, development, and application of intelligent robots, thereby fostering the growth of intelligent economic models.