Shanghai Municipal Government Office

This year marks the 35th anniversary of the opening and development of Pudong, the 5th anniversary of the important speech delivered at the 30th anniversary celebration of Pudong’s opening and development, and the final year of the “14th Five-Year Plan”. Pudong’s opening and development is a cross-century national strategy made by the Party Central Committee. Under the care of the central authorities, the strong leadership of the municipal party committee and government, and with extensive support from all sides, Pudong has persisted in daring to explore and experiment, taking the lead in reform and opening up and innovation-driven development. From a farmland, it has built a modern new city with concentrated functions, complete elements, and advanced facilities. In 2024, its regional GDP reached 1.78 trillion yuan, with a per capita GDP of 43,100 US dollars. Occupying 1/8000 of the nation’s area, it contributes 1/76 of the country’s GDP and 1/17 of the total import and export volume of goods, providing the most vivid real-world evidence of the superiority of the socialist system with Chinese characteristics…

Huangpu District is the economic, administrative, and cultural center of Shanghai. During his work in Shanghai, the leader positioned Huangpu as the “heart, window, and business card” of the city. Since the “14th Five-Year Plan”, Huangpu has focused on the goal of building a core leading area and the development theme of “new functional peaks and new quality benchmarks”, striving to promote high-quality development, create high-quality life, and achieve efficient governance. The district’s development capacity and comprehensive competitiveness have steadily improved. By the end of 2024, Huangpu’s regional GDP reached 334.4 billion yuan, with an average annual comparable growth of about 4.5% in the first four years of the “14th Five-Year Plan”. The regional economic density reached 16.3 billion yuan per square kilometer, ranking first in the city and among the top in the country. The district-level general public budget revenue reached 29.9 billion yuan, with an average annual growth rate of over 6%…

As the core area of Shanghai’s central city, Jing’an has a high degree of internationalization, concentrated high-end elements, and a developed service economy, consistently leading the city’s regional economic and social development. The “14th Five-Year Plan” period has been an extraordinary five years for Jing’an’s development. In accordance with the requirements of the municipal party committee and government, Jing’an has focused on the goal of “accelerating the construction of an outstanding modern international urban area”, comprehensively promoting high-quality development, high-level reform and opening up, high-quality life, and efficient governance, striving to create a model of Chinese-style modernization at the district level…

Consistently prioritizing livable and comfortable housing. Continuously increasing urban renewal efforts and accelerating the pace of demolition and relocation. Over five years, three goals were achieved and three steps were taken: in 2022, the renovation of old houses below Grade II was fully completed; in 2024, the task of renovating small-beam and thin-slab houses was finished; this year, “bucket toilets” have been eliminated from history. Over these five years, a total of 421,000 square meters of old housing were demolished and renovated, fulfilling the “livable dream” and “comfortable home dream” for over 20,000 households. At the same time, concepts such as heritage protection, age-friendly design, park city, and resilient safety have been integrated into urban renewal,