Chen Jining and Gong Zheng held a discussion with Jin Zhuanglong, and the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology signed a strategic cooperation agreement with the Shanghai Municipal Government.

The Fourth Session of the 16th Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress reviewed the Several Provisions on Promoting Data Circulation and Trading in Pudong New Area. In order to further promote legislative democracy, the draft regulations and related instructions are now published in full on Jiefang Daily, Shanghai Legal Daily, Dongfang.com, Xinmin.com, Shanghai People's Congress website, and the "Shanghai People's Congress" WeChat official account, to solicit opinions from the community, so as to further study and revise them, and then submit them to the future session of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress for deliberation. The relevant matters are hereby notified as follows: 1. The time for public solicitation of opinions is from July 26, 2023 to August 9, 2023. 2. The method of expressing opinions is to send a letter to the Legislative Affairs Office of the Legislative Affairs Committee of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, No. 200 People's Avenue, Shanghai; Postal Code: 200003 Email: fg

Yesterday afternoon, the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress held a group meeting of representatives. The Municipal People's Congress representatives reviewed the work report of Mayor Gong Zheng on behalf of the Municipal Government for the first half of the year. "The multiple economic data in the first half of the year were impressive, and the achievements were hard won." Representatives believe that the report comprehensively reflects the economic and social development status of the city in the first half of the year, while facing problems and shortcomings, pointing out that achieving the annual development goals requires more arduous efforts, and demonstrating the city government's pragmatic work attitude. Next, we must continue to comprehensively deepen reforms, promote high-level institutional opening up, and continue to be the vanguard of national reform and opening up, as well as the pioneer of innovative development. Brilliant performance injects confidence into market entities. The report points out that with the joint efforts of all parties, Shanghai's economy accelerated recovery in the first half of the year, and the quality of development continued to improve

From the coast of the East China Sea to the snowy plateau, the friendship between Shanghai and Tibet is once again recorded in a new chapter. From July 17 to 18, Chen Jining, Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, led the Shanghai delegation, together with Wang Junzheng, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Xizang Autonomous Region, to go deep into hospitals, schools, modern agricultural parks and remote villages in Shigatse City, check the implementation of counterpart support projects, go into farmers' families to ask about their needs, and widely listen to the opinions and suggestions of local cadres and the masses. Chen Jining pointed out that counterpart support to Shigatse, Xizang, has a glorious mission and great responsibility.

At 9:00 pm on June 20th, the first batch of undergraduate domestic economics students admitted by Shanghai Open University completed their thesis defense, and 95 students will graduate in July this year. Unlike college graduates from other universities, more than half of the students in the undergraduate program of Shanghai Kaida Political Science are already professionals in the home economics industry at the beginning of their enrollment. Other students who apply for programs due to personal interests or family needs often have undergraduate diplomas in other majors. Since the start of classes in March 2021, many students engaged in frontline domestic services have achieved promotions and salary increases, while others have become entrepreneurs due to their optimism about the domestic service industry. In their view, "doing household chores also requires a bachelor's degree" is an indisputable topic. "Home economics is a profession that has long been misunderstood. The undergraduate program in home economics offered by Shanghai Kaida University is not what the public calls' cultivating college students to become aunts'."

Recently, the Shanghai International Elderly Care, Auxiliary Equipment and Rehabilitation Medical Expo, known as the "Old Expo", opened in Shanghai, attracting more than 400 exhibitors from around the world to participate. Various intelligent products related to various aspects of elderly life, such as new mobility robots, anti loss technology suits, and fall recognition instruments, have attracted the attention of many elderly people. With the arrival of the first round of "baby boom" retirement peak since the establishment of the People's Republic of China, the pace of aging in China has significantly accelerated. It is predicted that the new population aged 60 in China during the 14th Five Year Plan period will increase by 34% compared to the 13th Five Year Plan period. Against the backdrop of rising labor costs and flourishing digital technology, "smart elderly care" is injecting new impetus into the development of the elderly care industry. Smart elderly care has been practiced in Shanghai for many years, but after research by several members of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, it was found that related products still