The GDP of Shanghai hit 5.67 trillion yuan ($816.54 billion) in 2025, growing by 5.4 percent year-on-year. The general public budget revenue totaled 850 billion yuan, up by 1.5 percent. The per capita disposable income of residents increased by 4.1 percent to 92,000 yuan. Total turnover of financial markets reached 4,059 trillion yuan.

Total R&D expenditure was equivalent to about 4.5 percent of the city's GDP. The number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people rose to 65. The combined output of the three leading industries (integrated circuit, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence) exceeded 2 trillion yuan.

Sources: General Office of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Statistics

Updated in February 2026