[Commentary] On October 13, under the guidance of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, China News Service and the Shanghai Changning District People’s Government jointly sponsored the 2020 Shanghai "Online New Economic Forum" with the theme of "New Economy·New Kinetic Energy" The Hongqiao Summit was held in Shanghai.

Zhou Huilin, Member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, Chen Mingbo, Deputy Secretary-General of the Shanghai Municipal Government, Wang Xiaohui, Editor-in-Chief of China News Service, and Wang Weiren, Secretary of the CPC Changning District Committee attended the forum and delivered speeches.

  Zhou Huilin said in her speech that since the outbreak of the epidemic, Shanghai has taken the online new economy as an important development direction. The online new economy has played an important role in winning the prevention and control of the epidemic and achieving "double victories" in economic and social development.

  Chen Mingbo pointed out that Shanghai has the country's leading information infrastructure, the richest application scenarios, a solid industrial foundation and extremely dynamic human resources, which naturally meets the environmental needs of online new economic development.

  Liu Ping, chief engineer of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, said that by 2022, Shanghai will focus on key industries and strive for new breakthroughs and new progress in three aspects: new intelligent manufacturing, new consumption and new services.

  [Concurrent] Liu Ping, Chief Engineer of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology

  Shanghai has many unique advantages in developing a new online economy.

We are now doing some special fund reforms. After we pass the reforms, we hope that our policy resources can be further concentrated in these superior online new economy companies.

  [Explanation] On the same day, Shanghai Changning District also released Shanghai's first "online new economy white paper".

Wang Weiren, secretary of the Changning District Party Committee, said that the Internet economy in Changning District is developed and the development of a new online economy has good opportunities and unique advantages.

In the next step, Changning District will continue to focus on the needs of enterprises, strengthen "tolerance, fault tolerance, and innovation", and play a key role in optimizing the business environment.

  Chen Lei, CEO of Pinduoduo, Sun Jie, CEO of Ctrip, Zhang Qiang, Chairman and CEO of United Imaging, Hu Xiaodong, Co-founder and President of Tuhu Car, Liu Changke, Co-founder and CEO of Light Education, Liang Changlin, founder of Dingdong Maicai, etc. Platform companies and technology innovation companies shared cutting-edge views and practical experience on how to seize the opportunities of online new economic development in their respective industries and create an innovative closed-loop linkage of technologies, models, and scenarios.

  At this forum, China News Service Shanghai Branch and Shanghai Information Service Industry Association jointly launched the 2020 Shanghai "Online New Economy" annual character selection activity.

  Reporter Xu Mingrui Kang Yuzhan reports from Shanghai

Editor in charge: [Liu Xian]