Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee and Mayor, hosted a symposium on 2026 economic work ideas today. Gong Zheng pointed out that next year is the beginning of the implementation of the “15th Five-Year Plan.” The beginning is about the overall situation, and the beginning determines the trend. It is necessary to further improve the effectiveness of the steady growth mechanism, make good use of mechanisms such as economic operation and scheduling, make early predictions and response plans, take stronger and more effective measures, and handle all kinds of new situations and problems in a timely manner. It is necessary to further expand the domestic demand market space, strengthen the domestic cycle, pay more attention to increasing high-quality supply, expanding service consumption, and “investing in people”, guide enterprises to develop more high-quality new products and services, cultivate more new consumption growth points, and promote developmental consumption and high-quality service consumption while safeguarding the basic service needs of the masses. It is necessary to further enhance the momentum for innovation and development, vigorously develop new quality productivity, promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation, step up research breakthroughs, strengthen platform empowerment, accelerate cluster construction, and continuously enhance industrial resilience and competitiveness. It is necessary to further release the dividends of reform and opening-up, enhance the dynamism of high-quality development, strive to try more reforms first, strengthen the integration of reform systems, and amplify the overall effectiveness of reforms. At the same time, it is necessary to conduct comprehensive and in-depth investigations, eliminate hidden risks in key areas, improve long-term production safety supervision mechanisms, and strive for high-quality development with a high level of security.

Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Committee and Mayor, hosted a symposium on 2026 economic work ideas today. Gong Zheng pointed out that next year is the beginning of the implementation of the “15th Five-Year Plan.” The beginning is about the overall situation, and the beginning determines the trend. It is necessary to further improve the effectiveness of the steady growth mechanism, make good use of mechanisms such as economic operation and scheduling, make early predictions and response plans, take stronger and more effective measures, and handle all kinds of new situations and problems in a timely manner. It is necessary to further expand the domestic demand market space, strengthen the domestic cycle, pay more attention to increasing high-quality supply, expanding service consumption, and “investing in people”, guide enterprises to develop more high-quality new products and services, cultivate more new consumption growth points, and promote developmental consumption and high-quality service consumption while safeguarding the basic service needs of the masses. It is necessary to further enhance the momentum for innovation and development, vigorously develop new quality productivity, promote the deep integration of scientific and technological innovation with industrial innovation, step up research breakthroughs, strengthen platform empowerment, accelerate cluster construction, and continuously enhance industrial resilience and competitiveness. It is necessary to further release the dividends of reform and opening-up, enhance the dynamism of high-quality development, strive to try more reforms first, strengthen the integration of reform systems, and amplify the overall effectiveness of reforms. At the same time, it is necessary to conduct comprehensive and in-depth investigations, eliminate hidden risks in key areas, improve long-term production safety supervision mechanisms, and strive for high-quality development with a high level of security.