The Shanghai Economic and Information Commission held a meeting in the first half of 2025 to discuss the stable growth of the software and information industry.

According to the news from the Shanghai Economic and Information Commission, on August 13, the city held a work conference on the stable growth of the software and information industry in the first half of 2025. The meeting pointed out that from January to June, the city's software and information industry delivered a very impressive "answer sheet", with value added accounting for 13.9% of the city's GDP, an increase of 2.6 percentage points from the same period last year, firmly securing a top three position in the city. However, despite the positive growth, there are still some difficulties to be faced in maintaining stability and growth, so joint efforts are needed. Firstly, practical services should be used to promote growth. It is necessary to adhere to problem-oriented approaches, focus on the demands of enterprises, extend tailor-made policies to potential enterprises, and leverage the mechanism of cooperation between the city and districts to fully integrate resources and effectively manage problems in a checklist-style manner to avoid isolated actions and ineffective policies. Secondly, efforts should be made to cultivate resilience. It is important to coordinate the layout of "scale, space, and structure", promote the transformation of the software and information industry from "quantitative growth" to "quality improvement", and focus on expanding characteristic industries. It is necessary to implement the "one park, one plan" initiative, accelerate industrial structural adjustments to promote high-quality development, increase efforts in attracting investment, enhance industrial agglomeration, and nurture new drivers for industrial development. Lastly, precise planning and solid foundation should be achieved. It is essential to comply with statistical standards, integrate relevant data, establish a database for nurturing enterprises, ensure comprehensive and accurate data collection, forecast and plan in advance, and encourage key enterprises to "increase more and decrease less".