In 2023, Shanghai Port's container throughput reached a new high, leading the world for the 14th consecutive year. Licensed financial institutions continue to gather in Shanghai.

The proportion of R&D investment in the whole society in GDP has increased to 4.4%. The number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people has reached anew high, reaching 50.2. Shanghai ranked fifth in the latest round of scientific and technological innovation cluster rankings of the World Intellectual Property Organization.