The Shanghai Communications Administration held a meeting on the industry's work in 2026.

On January 20, 2026, the Shanghai Municipal Communications Administration organized and held the Shanghai Information and Communication Industry Work Conference for 2026. The meeting studied and conveyed the spirits of the National Industrial and Information Work Conference and the National Information and Communication Regulatory Work Conference, comprehensively reviewed the industry's experience and achievements during the "14th Five-Year Plan" period and in 2025, scientifically assessed the opportunities and challenges facing development in the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, and made systematic deployments for the key work in the "15th Five-Year Plan" period and in 2026. Gao Ju, the Secretary of the Party Committee and the Director of the Administration, attended the meeting and made a work report. The meeting emphasized that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period, the information and communication industry in Shanghai should comprehensively implement the spirit of the Party's 20th National Congress and all previous plenary sessions, deeply study and implement the important speeches of General Secretary Xi Jinping during his inspections in Shanghai, base itself on the strategic positioning of the Party Central Committee for Shanghai, follow the deployment of the Central Economic Work Conference and the requirements of the central and municipal governments, remember the entrustment, be grateful and forge ahead, bear the national responsibility, bravely act as the cutting edge, lead high-quality development with the new development concept, adhere to both tradition and innovation, be pragmatic and steadfast, and focus on seven key areas of work: 1. Establishing the correct political achievements view and answering the political question of "Party's self-revolution". 2. Focusing on safeguarding user rights and answering the constant question of "service upgrade, benefits for the people". 3. Emphasizing integrative innovation drive and answering the challenging question of "technological breakthrough, industrial upgrade". 4. Focusing on unified and orderly regulation and answering the governance question of "standardizing the market, purifying the environment". 5. Coordinate and promote overall progress and answer the holistic question of "regional coordination, systematic layout". 6. Seizing the strategic opportunities of artificial intelligence and answering the practical question of "developing according to local conditions, characteristic development". 7. Benchmarking and seizing the opportunities to answer the pioneering question of "taking the lead and breaking new ground".