Shanghai: Focus on promoting the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation and industrial innovation, nurturing and developing new quality productivity.

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03/02/2026
On the morning of February 3, the Fourth Session of the 16th Shanghai Municipal People's Congress opened at the World Expo Center. Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng said that it is necessary to deepen the reform of empowering technological achievements, support the upgrading of service levels of concept verification platforms, pilot platforms, and high-quality incubators. It is important to improve the gradient cultivation system for innovative enterprises and encourage companies to increase research and development investment. The management system for scientific research should be improved, and efforts should be made to strengthen the protection and utilization of intellectual property rights. The implementation of the "Artificial Intelligence+" action should be further promoted, with efforts to strengthen the layout construction of computing power facilities, industry corpora, and category-specific models, and accelerate the intelligent transformation of key industries. The comprehensive implementation of the higher education service and strong contribution plan should be carried out, and mechanisms for cultivating top innovative talents and talents urgently needed by industries should be improved. Various talent teams, including strategic scientists and technology leaders, should be continuously strengthened. The comprehensive reform of talent evaluation should be deepened, in order to better unleash the potential of talent for innovation and creation.