The manufacturing industry is the foundation of the country, the foundation of a strong country, an important support for the real economy, and the material basis for Shanghai to build a modern socialist international metropolis. In order to thoroughly implement the strategy of manufacturing power, quality power and digital China, vigorously develop the real economy, give full play to the important supporting role of manufacturing industry in the transformation and innovation of the city’s economic development, take the lead in exploring a new industrialization road with the characteristics of a new era, and strive to achieve high-quality development, The General Office of the Shanghai Municipal Government recently issued the Three-year Action Plan for Promoting the high-quality Development of the Manufacturing Industry in Shanghai (2023-2025).

I. General considerations of the Plan of Action

The report of the 20th National Congress of the Party stressed that the focus of economic development should be placed on the real economy, the new type of industrialization should be promoted, and the construction of a manufacturing power should be accelerated. The formulation of the Action Plan is not only the work requirements for the implementation of the national strategic deployment, but also a roadmap for the city to promote the high-quality development of manufacturing industry, which is mainly considered in three aspects:

First, implement the requirements of the national strategy.

Second, we focused on stabilizing growth and promoting development. The Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and government attach great importance to the development of the manufacturing industry, grasp steady growth and investment, and go all out to maintain the steady and healthy development of the city’s economy; Grasp the new opportunities for technology to lead industrial change, promote the deep integration of the innovation chain, industrial chain, capital chain, talent chain, and comprehensively enhance the core competitiveness of the manufacturing industry.

Third, we will highlight the alignment of goals and tasks. As a guiding document to promote the high-quality development of Shanghai’s manufacturing industry in the next three years, the “Action Plan” is connected with the “14th Five-Year Plan”, and at the same time, in combination with new development trends, optimize and improve the development tasks and measures of the manufacturing industry.

Ii. Main contents of the Action Plan

The Action Plan is divided into three main parts, including main objectives, priority tasks and safeguards.

First, define the main goal. By 2025, Shanghai’s “2+ (3+6) + (4+5)” modern industrial system will continue to be strengthened, and the industrial added value will exceed 1.3 trillion yuan, accounting for more than 25% of the regional GDP. Subdivision indicators are proposed around high-end manufacturing leading function, independent innovation policy source level, digital and green transformation, enterprise development vitality and competitiveness.

Second, put forward key tasks. We carried out six major actions and 22 key tasks.

First, we will focus on key industries and implement strong chain upgrading actions. We will promote the development of the three leading industries into world-class industrial clusters, accelerate the integrated development of advanced manufacturing and producer services, create four trillion-scale industrial clusters in electronic information, life and health, automobiles, and high-end equipment, and two 500-trillion-scale industrial clusters in advanced materials and fashion consumer goods, and foster a number of hundred-billion-scale industries in sub-sectors. Accelerate the layout of the “four new racetracks” and “five future industries”, and promote the integration of advanced manufacturing and modern service industries.

Second, we will focus on key technologies and implement strong foundation building actions. We carry out industrial base reconstruction projects and major technical equipment research projects, and carry out more than 100 research projects every year. Accelerate the construction of manufacturing innovation carriers, layout a number of national and municipal innovation platforms; Promote the “chain master” enterprises to lead the formation of an open innovation consortium, and strengthen the construction of manufacturing quality brands.

Third, we will focus on industrial upgrading and implement digital transformation actions. We will accelerate the digital transformation of traditional manufacturing industries and enhance their digital competitiveness. Implement the smart factory pilot plan to build 20 benchmark smart factories and 200 demonstration smart factories; Implement the “industrial Finance Shanghai” action plan, build 30 industry-oriented industrial Internet platforms, and cultivate 40 “industrial finance chain master” enterprises. Make good use of “wisdom coupons” and “computing coupons” to support enterprises in digital diagnosis and purchase computing services.

Fourth, focus on energy conservation and carbon reduction, and implement green leadership actions. Focusing on the new direction of green and low-carbon, we will promote innovation in low-carbon, zero-carbon and negative carbon technologies, and carry out product carbon footprint accounting and carbon efficiency evaluation. We will implement a number of energy conservation and carbon reduction technology upgrading projects in key industries, and build green and low-carbon demonstration parks. About 500 backward production facilities are eliminated every year. We will improve the green manufacturing system and build a number of green factories, green supply chains, and green parks.

The fifth is to focus on the introduction and education, the implementation of enterprise growth action. Strengthen the echelon cultivation of pilot enterprises, science and technology enterprises, “specialized and special new” enterprises, and expand the group of excellent manufacturing enterprises. New 15 manufacturing enterprises with an output value of more than 10 billion yuan, dynamic cultivation of about 50 leading enterprises, accelerating the introduction of manufacturing headquarters, rolling cultivation of a number of “unicorn”, “gazelle” and other science and technology enterprises, and municipal “specialized and special new” enterprises reached 10,000. Greater efforts to promote small and medium-sized enterprises “small upward regulation”.

Sixth, the implementation of space expansion actions around industrial projects. Optimize the spatial layout of the manufacturing industry and increase the economic density of the industry. Give full play to the guiding role of industrial maps in promoting investment, and build a number of major industrial projects; We will accelerate the growth of manufacturing in Pudong, Lingang, the five new cities, and the south-North transformation. Building characteristic industrial parks with high standards and developing towards clustering, ecology and integration; We will promote “industrial upgrading” and revitalize inefficient industrial land.