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Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng had a discussion and exchange with Chinese guest representatives attending the 2023 ESG Global Leaders Conference today. Gong Zheng warmly welcomes all guests to participate in the 2023 ESG Global Leaders Conference in Shanghai. He said that carbon neutrality and sustainable development have become global common goals, and practicing the ESG concept has important practical significance for the high-quality development of cities and enterprises. Currently, Shanghai is accelerating the construction of a socialist modern international metropolis with global influence, focusing on building a modern industrial system, accelerating the "two transformations" of traditional industries, vigorously developing three leading industries and six key industries, and taking the lead in laying out four new track industries and five future industry directions. All entrepreneurs are leading ESG practitioners in the industry, and these practices align with the concept of high-quality development in Shanghai

The Shanghai Cybersecurity and Informatization Work Conference will be held this afternoon.Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Mayor, and Deputy Director of the Municipal Committee's Cybersecurity and Information Technology Committee

Four elementary school girls around 10 years old signed up to participate in a swimming class together. During class, coach Zhang always intentionally or unintentionally touches their private parts. At first, the girls didn't pay attention, but as the situation worsened, they decided to inform their parents about the situation. Zhang's behavior constituted the crime of child molestation and was sentenced to imprisonment. 12-year-old Xiaoli downloaded a mobile social app and met 20-year-old Jiao on it. The two had a great conversation. Jiao arranged for Xiaoli to meet at a private cinema, and the two had sexual intercourse in the private room of the cinema. On the day of the incident, Xiaoli, accompanied by her family, reported the incident. Jiao was convicted of rape and sentenced to imprisonment. Xiao Wang and Xiao Guo are from the same hometown, both 17 years old. They have a good relationship and work together at a KTV. At a gathering, the two of them questioned whether Xiao Wang was hiding something

The second Vocational Skills Competition of the People's Republic of China will be held in Tianjin from September 16th to 19th. The competition is themed "Skills for Talent and Skills for the Country", with a total of 109 competition events, including 62 world competition selection projects and 47 national competition selection projects. The reporter learned from the Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security that more than 400 Shanghai participating delegations and technical support teams arrived in Tianjin on September 13th. Since 2022, Shanghai has been deeply promoting the selection and training of the second National Skills Competition and the preparation work for the 47th World Championship. It has organized and carried out the first Shanghai Vocational Skills Competition to select Shanghai participants for the second National Championship. At the same time, it has created a professional technical guidance and support team and issued a series of policy documents related to vocational skills competitions. After multiple rounds of selection, Shanghai has selected a total of 142 candidates

On the afternoon of September 13th, the Shanghai University Defense Education Research Center Cooperation Alliance, consisting of 12 units including Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Tongji University, Shanghai University, Shanghai University of Science and Technology, Shanghai Ocean University, Shanghai Maritime University, Shanghai Second Industrial University, Shanghai Electric Power University, Shanghai University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai School of Business, Shanghai Jianqiao University, and Shanghai Institute of Electrical Engineering, was officially established. The newly established Shanghai University Student National Defense Education Research Center Cooperation Alliance will, in accordance with the needs of national defense education in the new era, adhere to the purpose of "cooperation, win-win, innovation, and development", and carry out research on the integration of large, medium, and small national defense education, the practice of university student national defense education, and the improvement of university student national defense literacy. It will provide think tank support for university student national defense education research and empower university student ideological and political education.

The international credibility, competitiveness, and influence of Shanghai arbitration have significantly improved, and Shanghai is committed to becoming a global Asia Pacific arbitration center. On September 14th, some members of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress conducted on-site research on the Shanghai International Dispute Resolution Center and the Shanghai International Arbitration Conference, and held a legislative research symposium on the "Regulations on Promoting the Construction of International Commercial Arbitration Centers in Shanghai". The meeting heard reports from the Municipal Bureau of Justice and the Municipal High Court on supporting and promoting the construction of the International Commercial Arbitration Center. In recent years, arbitration has made significant progress in Shanghai, with the number of arbitration cases increasing year by year. Famous overseas arbitration institutions have successively settled in Shanghai, making it an important window for international arbitration to enter China and for Chinese arbitration to enter the world. In 2022, the city's arbitration institutions accepted 8306 cases, a year-on-year increase of 6%; Subject amount

The Shanghai Municipal People's Government and China South to North Water Diversion Group signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement in Shanghai today. Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, met with Jiang Xuguang, Chairman of the South to North Water Diversion Group, and jointly witnessed the signing of the contract. Gong Zheng introduced the economic and social development situation in Shanghai, saying that Shanghai is adjacent to the river and sea, and is born and prospered by water. The high-quality development of water conservancy and water affairs is an important guarantee for Shanghai to accelerate the construction of a socialist modern international metropolis with world influence. We are willing to take this signing as an opportunity to engage in broader and deeper cooperation with the South to North Water Diversion Group in areas such as water conservancy facility construction, water market, ecological protection, cultural tourism, etc., to help the South to North Water Diversion Group build a leading enterprise in the water industry. I hope that the South to North Water Diversion Group can deeply participate in Shanghai's modernization construction, introduce advanced concepts, and leverage

Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng met with the delegation led by US Ambassador to China Burns today. Gong Zheng, on behalf of the Shanghai Municipal People's Government, welcomes the Ambassador's visit to Shanghai. He said that Shanghai has always played an important role in friendly exchanges between China and the United States. Shanghai has established sister city relations with San Francisco, Chicago, Houston, and has conducted rich and diverse exchanges with American cities and regions such as New York, achieving positive results.Openness is Shanghai's greatest advantage and urban character. We are willing to work with the United States to strengthen exchanges and cooperation, and achieve win-win development. Welcome American companies to actively participate in the CIIE and increase their business layout in Shanghai. I hope the two regions can strengthen their economic and trade cooperation

Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, conducted a research on Shanghai Guosheng Group today.In the afternoon, Gong Zheng and his delegation came to Guosheng Group to inspect the key products of Guosheng Investment Enterprises and gain a detailed understanding of their investment in the three leading industries of integrated circuits, biopharmaceuticals, artificial intelligence, and civil aviation,

This afternoon, Chen Jining, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, visited Shanghai Xizhi Technology Co., Ltd. and Bosch Investment Co., Ltd. in conjunction with the implementation of the "service package" system for key enterprises, asking for advice, encouraging encouragement, and seeking common development. Chen Jining said that enterprises are important participants and active contributors to urban modernization construction. Doing a good job in enterprise services in the new era is related to the high-quality development of cities.Key enterprises

Within a week, two highly technological brainstorming sessions once again conveyed Shanghai's special expectations for building an international science and technology innovation center and strengthening the function of science and technology innovation policy sources. Last weekend, the 2023 Pujiang Innovation Forum opened in Shanghai.He hopes that the Pujiang Innovation Forum will adhere to the theme of innovation, inspire innovative ideas, disseminate innovative concepts, and inspire innovative spirit, making new contributions to promoting international scientific and technological cooperation and enhancing the common well-being of humanity

The reporter learned from the Municipal Haiju Talent Development Promotion Association that the third "Haiju Talent" Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit will be held from September 20th to September 23rd. The theme of this summit is "Gathering in Shanghai to Create the Future", which will hold "1+3"+"N" events, including a 1-day core agenda, 3-day entrepreneurship training and roadshow activities, and N talent innovation and entrepreneurship series activities. The main events include the opening ceremony, overseas prestigious school career meetings, international youth scholar series forums, venture capital road summit forums, and excellent engineer training and exchange seminars. The "Gathering Talents from the Sea" Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Competition is the largest, highest level, and most extensive talent innovation and entrepreneurship competition in Shanghai. The competition adheres to the integration of resources, intelligence, and strength, highlighting the concepts of marketization, socialization, specialization, and internationalization, and accelerating the gathering of all talents

Recently, the Municipal Human Resources and Social Security Bureau, together with six departments including the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, the Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology, the Municipal Commission of Commerce, the Municipal Finance Bureau, and the Municipal Market Supervision Bureau, jointly issued the "Shanghai Human Resources Service Industry Innovation and Development Action Plan", aiming to comprehensively promote the high-quality development, high-level openness, and high-quality openness of the human resources service industry, and focus on building a human resources service system with a reasonable layout, factor aggregation, first-class services, and collaborative linkage. The Action Plan proposes that by 2025, the human resources service industry in this city will achieve "three further improvements" in terms of industrial scale, industrial agglomeration, and service level. The comprehensive operating revenue has exceeded 580 billion yuan, striving to reach 600 billion yuan, and the total number of institutions has exceeded 4000; Preliminary formation of a "1+3+N" industrial park layout system; Focus on cultivating a group of national level talents

Just like cities have many new tracks, there are also many new trends in the agricultural sector. Starting from May this year, the Municipal Government Counselor Research Group has focused on the theme of "grasping the new trend in the agricultural field under the background of metropolitan areas", visiting fields, villages, enterprises, and universities, and conducting in-depth on-site visits and research on nearly 20 villages, 30 enterprises, and institutions in more than 10 towns in the suburbs of this city. "Our judgment on the future trend of agriculture is that agriculture is shifting from an 'agricultural factory' to an 'intelligent connected factory', farmers are shifting from an 'agricultural worker' to a 'new agricultural knowledge worker', and rural areas are shifting from a 'beautiful countryside' to an 'urban-rural integration'." Zhao Weixing, the leader of the research group and the counselor of the municipal government, said that based on summarizing and sorting out domestic and foreign cases and experiences, the counselors have formed 10 directional suggestions for the development of Shanghai's agricultural field, namely: "

From a financial case worth billions of dollars, to a shocking malignant case, and then to the country's first case at the grassroots procuratorate... The undertaker of these serious cases is a young female prosecutor named Ma Weiwei, who has a delicate appearance and a refined demeanor. From an ordinary prosecutor to a model procurator in the new era of the Supreme People's Procuratorate, Ma Weiwei has always adhered to the original intention of justice for the people and justice, and has made outstanding achievements in different jobs. He has successively won the honors of "Peace Star" of the Central Political and Legal Commission, outstanding Communist Party member of Shanghai, exemplary individual of Shanghai, "Peace Hero" of Shanghai, "March 8th Red Bannerman of Shanghai", and "May 4th Youth Medal of Shanghai". A resilient prosecutor was present in Shanghai in July 2005

Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, presided over an executive meeting of the Municipal Government today, calling for accelerating the development and construction of the Hongqiao International Open Hub in accordance with the deployment of the Municipal Party Committee, promoting high-quality innovative development of the intelligent robot industry, and optimizing and improving the financing mechanism for intellectual property pledge. The meeting agreed in principle to accelerate the development of policies, measures, and action plans related to the Hongqiao International Open Hub, and pointed out that the Hongqiao International Open Hub is a major strategy of the central government to promote the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta, and an important component of China's opening-up strategy. We need to accelerate the implementation of various tasks, further enhance the level of Hongqiao International Open Hub, and better serve the construction of a new development pattern. Efforts should be made to enhance the allocation and utilization capabilities of domestic and international resources, laying a solid foundation for high-level institutional openness. To form a synergy between departments and cities, regions, and urban areas

From September 13th to 14th, Shen Yueyue, Vice Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), led the CPPCC Special Research Group on "Promoting New Pollutant Control" to conduct research in Shanghai and held a research symposium. Pan Ligang, Deputy Director of the Population, Resources and Environment Committee of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, participated in the survey, accompanied by Hu Wenrong, Chairman of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference.

Yesterday, the Municipal Council and the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee jointly held a symposium for overseas Chinese managers, focusing on the theme of "increasing efforts to attract overseas Chinese, playing the role of overseas Chinese, and accelerating the construction of a high-level talent highland" for in-depth exchanges. Hu Wenrong, Chairman of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, attended and delivered a speech. Hu Wenrong pointed out that overseas Chinese are an important force in promoting Chinese path to modernization. In Shanghai, there are a large number of overseas Chinese, talented individuals, and high-level individuals who have played an irreplaceable role in promoting Shanghai to be a pioneer and pioneer. I hope that overseas Chinese managers can continue to leverage their advantages of talent gathering, extensive connections, and abundant resources to make more contributions to promoting Shanghai's accelerated construction of a high-level talent highland and accelerating the construction of a socialist modern international metropolis with global influence. I hope everyone will continue to be good participants in modernization construction, based on their own positions,

On the afternoon of September 15th, the 2023 Diplomat Private Entrepreneur Exchange Event with the theme of "Deepening Exchange and Cooperation, Sharing Development Opportunities" was held. Nearly 100 private entrepreneurs, more than 70 consulate officials from 35 countries and representatives of foreign chambers of commerce in Shanghai gathered at the North Bund of Hongkou to focus on international cooperation and exchanges and talk about the new vision of the "the Belt and Road". The sub brand "China Foreign Chamber of Commerce Maritime Salon" has been launched simultaneously. This event is hosted by the Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce, with the assistance of the Municipal Government's Foreign Affairs Office and the Federation of Industry and Commerce of Jiangsu, Zhejiang, and Anhui. During the event, the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce signed memorandums of cooperation with the China Thailand Chamber of Commerce and the Latvia Tourism Investment and Development Committee. The Youth Entrepreneurs Association of the Municipal Federation of Industry and Commerce signed a contract with the European Union Youth Commerce Commission, the North Bund International Chamber of Commerce Union and the Türkiye Independent Industrialists and Businessmen Association. upper

Yesterday, the China Pudong, Jinggangshan, Yan'an Cadre College and universities held an exchange meeting on the cooperation and construction of characteristic disciplines at the China Pudong Cadre College. The Cadre Education Bureau of the Central Organization Department, together with three national level cadre colleges, as well as experts and teachers from Renmin University of China, Fudan University, Northwest Polytechnical University, East China Normal University, Nanchang University, and Jiangxi Normal University, discussed strengthening cooperation and co construction of characteristic disciplines.

According to the WeChat official account news of "Shanghai Veteran Cadres", on the morning of September 14, the Bureau of Veteran Cadres of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee held a cadre conference, at which the relevant decisions on appointment and removal of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee were read out: Comrade Wang Qingzhou was appointed Deputy Director of the Organization Department of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and Director of the Bureau of Veteran Cadres of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee, and was removed from the posts of a member of the Standing Committee of the CPC Huangpu District Committee. According to public information, Wang Qingzhou was born in August 1968, holds a graduate degree, holds a Doctor of Law degree, and is a member of the Communist Party of China. He has served as the Director of the Office of the United Front Work Department of the Shanghai Municipal Committee, a member of the Standing Committee of the Huangpu District Committee, and the Minister of the United Front Work Department. Before taking office, he served as a member of the Standing Committee of the Huangpu District Committee and Minister of the Organization Department. Yang Jiaying, who previously served as the Deputy Minister of the Organization Department of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Director of the Bureau of Retired Cadres, has been transferred to serve as the Director and Party Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security.

On the morning of September 15th, the Second Chairman's Meeting and the Second Standing Committee Meeting of the 15th Shanghai Federation of Industry and Commerce were held, and a special report on "in-depth study and understanding of General Secretary's important speeches and policies to promote the development and growth of the private economy" was held. The meeting conveyed the spirit of the 13th Standing Committee of the All China Federation of Industry and Commerce, reported on the current operation of Shanghai's private economy, and studied and deployed the next steps of work arrangements. The meeting requires private entrepreneurs to have firm confidence and look forward, deeply understand the central spirit and relevant policies, grasp the development trend, strive to become practitioners of innovative concepts, creators of technological inventions, and pioneers of innovative industries, adhere to strengthening industries, refining main businesses, and expanding undertakings, and increase the pace of "going out". We must adhere to compliant operations and standardized governance, build harmonious labor relations, accelerate the construction of world-class enterprises, and create distinctive products

Tang Xinmeng, Associate Researcher at Tsinghua International Innovation Center in Shanghai, is currently in a happy moment for a researcher: "Recently, there have been many inspirations, and many new ideas flash in my mind. Sometimes I have to get up in the middle of the night and write them down with a pen..." In Shanghai, there are more and more young talents like Tang Xinmeng. Cities need to develop, and talent is the foundation. In recent years, Shanghai has implemented the spirit of the Central and Shanghai Talent Work Conference, accelerated the construction of a high-level talent highland, and the total number of talents in Shanghai has increased by 990000 in the past five years, reaching 6.75 million. Recently, the third "Gathering Talents from the Sea" Global Innovation and Entrepreneurship Summit is about to open. As envisioned by the theme of this summit, "Gathering Shanghai to Create the Future," Shanghai has always been striving to achieve the goal of "gathering talents from all over the world and utilizing them.". Highly attract a talent

Today is the 23rd National Defense Education Day. At 11:35 am, with the order of Zhang Xiaohong, Deputy Mayor of Shanghai and Commander in Chief of Air Defense Warning Test, more than 1500 air defense alarms in the city were sounded simultaneously. The air defense warning is sounded in the order of pre warning, air raid warning, and lifting warning. During the trial alarm period, the work, production, and living order in the whole city were in good order. All districts in the city, in accordance with the requirements of the city's alarm test plan and deployment meeting, and in accordance with the air raid prevention plan, carefully prepare for air defense evacuation routes, objects, personnel, and venue security, and closely organize and mobilize communities and personnel to carry out air defense evacuation drills. This year, over 2.2776 million people from 222 streets, towns, industrial parks, 4176 communities, and 1665 schools participated in the drill. After the air defense alarm sounded, the Zhu family

In the golden autumn of September, the rowing festival meets Suzhou River again. The 2023 Shanghai Rowing Open will start paddling on the Suzhou River this afternoon. Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng launches the competition. The slogan of this competition is "Boat Power Tide", which will be held from September 16th to 17th in the Suzhou River area. Rowing athletes from all over the world gather in Shanghai to compete together, promote cultural exchange and popularization of rowing, and work together to help Shanghai build a world-renowned sports city. This year's competition has been upgraded and expanded, with the addition of elite and youth competitions in addition to the university and club groups, further enhancing professionalism. There are a total of 51 eight person rowing teams, 10 four person rowing teams, and 14 lists of rowing athletes participating, with a total of nearly 700 people. The international influence of this competition is further deepened by inviting top international players to participate in the enhanced competition

September this year is the first national defense education month in China. This afternoon, the Shanghai National Defense Education Theme Exhibition "Vigorously Strengthening National Defense, Bravely Advancing towards Revitalization" jointly organized by the Propaganda Department of the Shanghai Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Political Work Bureau of the Shanghai Garrison District, the Shanghai Education and Health Work Committee of the Communist Party of China, the Shanghai Education Commission, and the Shanghai Military Support and Preferential Family Foundation opened at the Huangpu Binjiang World Expo Park. This exhibition lasts for one month and is open from 9:00 to 17:00 every day. Individuals can enter the museum without reservation. At around 2 pm, some citizens and masses have already come to visit one after another. This afternoon, more and more citizens came to visit the exhibition. The themed exhibition consists of five parts: the preface hall, "The Great Wall of the People," "The cornerstone of security," "National Defense of the People," and the tail hall. The exhibition area is about 3000 square meters.

On September 16th, the second Vocational Skills Competition of the People's Republic of China officially began in Tianjin. A total of 142 contestants from Shanghai went to Tianjin to participate in this competition. They will compete with skilled experts from various provinces, Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, as well as industries such as housing, transportation, machinery, and light industry in all 109 projects across the country. During the competition, the Shanghai booth also made an appearance at the Tianjin National Convention and Exhibition Center, and Shanghai characteristic projects such as the World Skills Museum's promotion and exhibition, and the "Gold in the Glaze" ceramic gold decoration technique will participate in skills exhibition and exchange activities. Craft stars gather, and the Shanghai delegation is fully committed to the theme of "Skills for Talent, Skills for the Country" in this competition. There are a total of 109 competition events, including 62 World Championships selection projects and 47 National Championships selection projects. Nearly 410 from 36 national representative teams

The opening ceremony of the 34th Shanghai Tourism Festival in 2023, with the theme of "Lighting up the World Reception Hall," was held last night at the intersection of "One River, One River" at the North Bund of Hongkou. Chen Jining, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, attended the opening ceremony, and Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, announced the opening of the 34th Shanghai Tourism Festival. Vice Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee Wu Qing, and Municipal leaders Zhao Jiaming, Li Zheng, Zhou Huilin, Liu Duo, and Jin Xingming attended the opening ceremony. Last night's Hongkou North Bund was filled with a beautiful and joyful festive atmosphere. This opening event consists of four chapters: "Visiting the World", "Colorful and Colorful", "Abundant Resources and People", and "Radiant Light". For the first time, sub venues have been set up in 12 cities in Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, and Fujian. At the event site, 19 colorful boats, 16 themed floats, and 1000 drones formed a three-dimensional flow

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In "Less is More," Japanese author Naoyuki Honda portrays a "dual city life," where one works hard in the city on weekdays and returns to a rural courtyard on weekends to enjoy field life. Currently, it has become a norm for urban residents to travel to rural areas for leisure activities in a tidal manner, and this dual city lifestyle has become an increasingly popular experience for urban residents. From an international perspective, in Japan, the biggest change after achieving urban-rural equivalence in infrastructure and landscape is the deeper acceptance of rural areas by urban residents, leading to the ongoing trend of "citizens going to the countryside". Rural areas are starting to break away from single agricultural income and maximize the value of ecological resources and infrastructure investment. This is a necessary path for urbanization and industrialization to effectively feed back rural areas. In Russia, rural areas are the "second home" of families, with 40% of Moscow residents having rural residences in the suburbs and the rest