China News Service, January 24 (Reporter Chen Jing) The Fifth Session of the Fifteenth Shanghai Municipal People's Congress opened on the 24th.

Gong Zheng, Mayor of Shanghai Municipal People's Government, made a government work report.

Gong Zheng said that Shanghai's economy is showing an upward trend.

In 2020, Shanghai will achieve a GDP growth of 1.7%, and people's lives will be further improved.

The per capita disposable income of Shanghai citizens increased by 4%, which continued to be faster than the growth rate of Shanghai's GDP.

  Gong Zheng said that in 2020, the construction of Shanghai's "five centers" will achieve major goals.

The international economic, financial, trade, and shipping centers have basically been completed. The economic strength has maintained the forefront of global cities. The rankings of the Global Financial Center Index and the Xinhua-Baltic International Shipping Center Development Index have both risen to third in the world. The amount of funds raised in the securities market, the volume of spot gold transactions, The crude oil futures market ranks among the top three in the world. The total port trade volume continues to rank first in the world. Shanghai Port's container throughput ranks first in the world for 11 consecutive years. Shanghai Airport's air cargo and mail throughput ranks third in the world. Ranked up on the basis of the world's fourth.

  Gong Zheng said that the technological innovation center with global influence has also formed a basic framework.

It is reported that Shanghai has built a number of major national scientific and technological infrastructures such as soft X-rays, ultra-strong and ultra-short lasers, and 15 functional platforms for R&D and transformation. The three major “Shanghai plans” of integrated circuits, biomedicine, and artificial intelligence have accelerated their implementation. The proportion of R&D expenditure equivalent to the total GDP of Shanghai has increased to about 4.1%.

  "Faced with the deep recession of the world economy and the severe impact of the new crown pneumonia epidemic, in the face of the difficult situation of the city's gross product falling sharply by 6.7% in the first quarter, Shanghai has risen to the difficulties and used its best efforts and the most practical measures to promote the economic rebound quarter by quarter."

  Gong Zheng said that Shanghai's new development momentum continues to be released.

The total output value of industrial strategic emerging industries accounted for 40% of the total output value of industries above designated size.

In addition, Shanghai's digital economy is booming in 2020, with software and information service industry operating revenue increasing by more than 12%, and the output value of new-generation information technology increasing by 6.2%.

The daily average number of newly established enterprises was 16,65, an increase of 12.8%.