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  • Graphic: Shanghai 2026 action plan to develop world-class business environment

    Graphic: Shanghai 2026 action plan to develop world-class business environment

    January 04, 2026

    Shanghai released an action plan on Jan 4 to build a world-class, market-oriented and law-based business environment in 2026.

  • Shanghai 2026 Action Plan to Accelerate the Development of a World-Class Business Environment (full text)

    Shanghai 2026 Action Plan to Accelerate the Development of a World-Class Business Environment (full text)

    January 04, 2026

    The plan seeks to improve the overall quality and effectiveness of the city's business environment.

  • Achievements under Shanghai's 'Action Plan 8.0'

    Achievements under Shanghai's 'Action Plan 8.0'

    January 04, 2026

    Over the past year, all 58 initiatives under the plan have been fully implemented, while the 10 breakthrough tasks have been advanced in a steady and substantive manner.

  • Putuo accelerates industrial projects with 'land-to-start' approval services

    Putuo accelerates industrial projects with 'land-to-start' approval services

    August 10, 2026

    Two semiconductor projects, Oritek Semiconductor and Zhipu Xinyuan in Top Smart City, both in Shanghai's Putuo district, received land, construction approvals, and property certificates on the same day on Aug 6.

  • AI-powered one-person companies take off in Jiading

    AI-powered one-person companies take off in Jiading

    August 10, 2026

    A new type of AI-powered business is emerging in Shanghai's Jiading district, where a single entrepreneur can run an entire company with the help of artificial intelligence.

  • SAIC Motor, GM extend partnership through 2047

    SAIC Motor, GM extend partnership through 2047

    August 07, 2026

    SAIC Motor and General Motors signed an agreement in Shanghai on Aug 5 to extend their SAIC-GM joint venture for another 20 years, through 2047.

  • Hongqiao connects Chinese and foreign companies eyeing global expansion

    Hongqiao connects Chinese and foreign companies eyeing global expansion

    August 05, 2026

    The Shanghai Hongqiao International Central Business District is creating a new model for global expansion by bringing Chinese and foreign companies together to explore overseas markets.

  • China to expand institutional opening-up of forex in H2

    China to expand institutional opening-up of forex in H2

    August 03, 2026

    The State Administration of Foreign Exchange on Aug 2 said in a statement released after its work conference that it will continue to steadily expand institutional opening-up in the foreign exchange sector in the second half of this year.

  • Over 300 foreign-funded R&D centers recognized in Pudong

    Over 300 foreign-funded R&D centers recognized in Pudong

    July 30, 2026

    More than 300 foreign-funded research and development centers in Shanghai's Pudong New Area had been recognized by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce.

  • Baoshan institute helps launch six companies in one year

    Baoshan institute helps launch six companies in one year

    July 30, 2026

    A research institute in Shanghai's Baoshan district has helped turn six projects into companies in its first year of operation.

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