Shanghai: By 2035, Shanghai must be completed as scheduled to become a socialist modern international metropolis with world influence.

The eighth plenary session of the Twelfth Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China was held on December 22. The plenary session deeply studied and implemented the spirit of the 19th National Congress of the Party and the spirit of previous plenary sessions, comprehensively implemented the important speech of General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspection of Shanghai, and deliberated and passed the "Proposal of the Communist Party of China Shanghai Municipal Committee on Formulating the Fifteenth Five-Year Plan for the National Economic and Social Development of Shanghai"; conscientiously implemented the spirit of the Central Economic Work Conference, summarized the work of 2025, analyzed the current situation, and deployed next year's economic and social development goals. The plenary session pointed out that by the year 2035, Shanghai will basically complete the construction of a world-class socialist modern international metropolis on schedule. The "Fifteenth Five-Year Plan" is a period of comprehensive efforts to advance with the trend, as well as a crucial period for transformation and upgrading. It is necessary to always adhere to the "four adherences", promote high-quality development and deepen the combination of high-level reform and opening up, adhere to the combination of systematic thinking and strategic thinking, adhere to the combination of continuity and foresight in deployment, accurately grasp the political position, overall positioning, and practical landing of Shanghai's development, give full play to the leading role of the construction of the "Five Centers", better implement national strategies, safeguard national interests, and ensure national security. It is necessary to further consolidate and expand advantages, remove bottlenecks, strengthen weaknesses, accelerate the transformation of industrial structure, improve quality and efficiency, optimize spatial layout, deeply engage in the tough battles of urban transformation and upgrading, and achieve new significant breakthroughs in the construction of a socialist modern international metropolis.