
Putuo District’s GDP increased by 8.3% year-on-year in the first three quarters, ranking first in Shanghai for five consecutive quarters.
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Putuo District is Shanghai’s “west lobby” connecting the Yangtze River Delta and the “bridgehead” along the Shanghai-Nanjing Industrial Innovation Belt. In the first three quarters of this year, the GDP of Putuo District increased by 8.3% year-on-year.
China News Service, Shanghai, November 6th (Gao Zhimiao) 20 newly introduced key enterprises were awarded business licenses, the artificial intelligence application service provider cultivation plan was officially launched, the "Putuo Industrial Investment Managers Jointly Invest in Shanghai-Nanjing Initiative" was released, and the "Putuo Release of Good Products Along the Shanghai-Ningbo International Import Expo" was unveiled... At the "Shanghai·Putuo Global Investment Promotion Conference" of the 9th CIIE held on the 6th, a package of releases outlined the investment strategy of this central city of Shanghai for the "15th Five-Year Plan".
"In the first three quarters of this year, Putuo achieved a regional GDP of 134.442 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 8.3%, and the growth rate ranked first in the city for five consecutive quarters." Zhao Liang, deputy secretary of the Putuo District Party Committee and District Mayor, said in his speech that Putuo is currently undergoing rapid development throughout the country. Efforts will be made to build a collaborative innovation vitality zone and a "Half Ma Su River" quality zone, which will make the company's "friend circle" larger, the industrial ecosystem denser, and the service signs brighter. Entrepreneurs at home and abroad are warmly welcome to enter Putuo, understand Putuo, and take root in Putuo.
According to the relevant person in charge of the Putuo District Investment Promotion Office, Putuo is the "Western Hall" connecting Shanghai to the Yangtze River Delta, and it is also the "bridgehead" and "original station" along the Shanghai-Nanjing Industrial Innovation Belt. Since the beginning of this year, Putuo's actual foreign investment has increased by 81%, and private enterprises have created nearly 70% of the economic growth; Shanghai's first comprehensive management service platform for trusted commodity trade "Xinmaotong" has attracted nearly 600 companies to complete data signing; there are more than 3,000 intelligent information industry clusters, ranking among the city's 100 billion-level characteristic industry clusters; the district has 8 square kilometers of concentrated contiguous industrial land and 270 business buildings that are scarce in the central city, and all types of enterprises can find suitable development space.
The Putuo District Artificial Intelligence Application Service Provider Cultivation Program was launched on the same day. Currently, Putuo is developing two main tracks of "AI+bulk trade" and "AI+digital advertising" as well as the construction of pilot characteristic scenarios of "AI+full life cycle services for thousands of merchants". The first batch of eight artificial intelligence application service providers, including China Mobile Shanghai Company, 360 Digital Security, Shanshu Technology, Yuan Yuan Intelligence, Yuanqi Shuyu, UFIDA Auto, Zero Krypton Cloud, and Lingyun Qixing, will undertake the all-round empowerment of regional industries by artificial intelligence.
At the meeting, 20 high-quality enterprises from cities along the Shanghai-Nanjing Industrial Innovation Belt gathered in Putuo with "good products along the Shanghai-Nanjing Expo". These "good things" cover different fields such as new business formats, new consumption, and new scenarios, and connect the industrial foundation, supply chain resources, and consumer markets of cities along the Shanghai-Nanjing line. In the future, Putuo will continue to open up the complete chain of good product display, trade matching, and market transformation, helping more high-quality products along the line to go nationwide and global from here.

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