Coordinated efforts to promote regional coordinated development and advance the construction of the Shanghai metropolitan area.

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03/02/2026
Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng said that it is necessary to strengthen cross-regional collaboration in scientific and industrial innovation, co-build the Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center, actively promote high-level collaborative opening up, deepen institutional and systematic innovation, promote infrastructure interconnection and public service convenience sharing, advance the construction of the Shanghai metropolitan area, strengthen the functional development of the Yangtze River Delta ecological green integrated development demonstration zone. It is important to strengthen the radiation and leading functions of the central urban area, consolidate and enhance the comprehensive node city functions of new cities. Improve the implementation system of urban renewal special planning, accelerate the transformation of urban villages and old housing units, orderly promote the renewal of protected areas, and promote the transformation and upgrade of old industrial areas, inefficient commercial office buildings, and urban infrastructure. Accelerate the improvement of the agricultural science and technology innovation system, enhance the comprehensive production capacity and quality benefits of agriculture, accelerate the construction of livable and viable rural areas and beautiful rural areas, cultivate and develop rural characteristic industries, develop new types of rural collective economy, and promote stable income growth for farmers.