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On July 24th, the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress continued to be held, listening to the report of the Municipal Government on the implementation of the Shanghai National Economic and Social Development Plan for the first half of 2023, and conducting group review of the report.In the first half of the year, the city's economy maintained a recovery growth trend. In the first quarter, the economy achieved a stable start, while in the second quarter, the main indicators grew rapidly year-on-year. High quality development was steadily advancing, market expectations gradually improved, and people's livelihood security continued to strengthen. The report also refers to

On July 24th, at the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, Liu Xiangmin, Director of the Municipal Audit Bureau, was commissioned by the Municipal People's Government to present an audit report on the implementation of the municipal budget and other financial revenues and expenditures for the year 2022. The report points out that the main target tasks for the whole year of 2022 have been well achieved. Over the past year, the Municipal Audit Bureau has further increased its efforts to supervise audit rectification, effectively strengthened the tracking and inspection of rectification, promoted the establishment and improvement of 141 systems by relevant departments and units, and promoted an increase in revenue and expenditure of 1.356 billion yuan. From the audit results, it can be seen that the overall execution of the municipal budget for 2022 is good, but there are still some noteworthy situations. In terms of financial management, relevant departments have deepened the reform of budget management, and the overall execution of the budget is stable and orderly. The submission of final accounts draft is generally standardized. But there is still a budget

Today, the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress reviewed the report by Gu Junzuo, Director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, on the implementation of the Shanghai National Economic and Social Development Plan for the first half of 2023. The report points out that in the first half of the year, the city's economy maintained a recovery growth trend, with a stable start in the first quarter of economic operation, rapid year-on-year growth in major indicators in the second quarter, steady progress in high-quality development, gradual improvement in market expectations, and continuous strengthening of people's livelihood guarantees. In the first half of the year, the city's GDP was 2139.02 billion yuan, a year-on-year increase of 9.7%, laying a solid foundation for achieving the expected annual economic growth target of over 5.5%. "The economy continues to recover, with both total output and benefits increasing simultaneously." Gu Jun said that in the first half of the year, the growth of major indicators was better than that of the whole country, and major industries achieved rapid growth. Significant recovery in financial and tax revenue

In November 1950, 19-year-old Shen Zheng followed the Ninth Corps of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army into Korea for combat. In the Battle of Changjin Lake, he, who was originally a missionary, also picked up his weapons and went to the front line to fight with the enemy with bayonets. Also, due to the bacterial warfare launched by the US military, he was unconscious in a field hospital for 38 days. When the news of the victory in the Korean War came, Shen Zheng and his comrades, who had already returned to China for rest, not only felt the joy of victory, but also felt very unwilling. As one of the earliest troops to join the war in North Korea, the Ninth Corps suffered a lot due to logistical difficulties. "Later on, our weapons and logistics have greatly improved. If we continue to fight, we will definitely completely drive out the US military from North Korea!" Even at the age of 92, Shen Zheng still spoke passionately.

This year, the implementation of the Party's united front policy in Shanghai proposed the "Land Project" and the "New Era Shanghai United Front Research Project", one of which is to study and interpret the spirit of great unity.

Narrator: Shen Zheng, male, 92 years old, a soldier of the 175th Regiment of the 59th Division of the 20th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteers. He went to North Korea in November 1950 to participate in the war. My ancestral home was Shaoxing, Zhejiang. At the age of 12, he was forced to leave his hometown to make a living, and at the age of 15, he arrived in Shanghai. Before the liberation, I worked as a worker in a sock ironing workshop. While working, I participated in the "Workers' Night School" and received the baptism of advanced ideas. I also joined the New Democratic Youth League. After the liberation of Shanghai, I witnessed firsthand how the Communist Party treated us ordinary workers and ordinary people as relatives, which further strengthened my determination to follow the Party. On May 13, 1950, I officially joined the military and belonged to the 175th Regiment of the 59th Division of the 20th Army of the Ninth Corps. I was assigned to the Propaganda and Education Department of the Regiment, and my initial task was to use steel plates to engrave wax paper to print the daily publication of the "Workers, Peasants, and Soldiers Newspaper" that was distributed to various classes. Have you enlisted yet

In the 1950s and 1960s, in order to resist the threat of imperialism and break the nuclear blackmail and monopoly of major powers, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made a major decision to develop "two bombs and one satellite" and focus on breaking through cutting-edge defense technologies. Considering that Shanghai has a good industrial technology foundation and collaborative supporting capabilities, as well as a relatively concentrated scientific research force, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China has successively issued a batch of scientific research tasks related to "two bombs and one satellite" to Shanghai. In 1958, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee conducted a comprehensive investigation and assessment of Shanghai's industrial and scientific and technological status by utilizing the national adjustment of Shanghai's industrial development scale. The investigation found that the foundation of Shanghai's heavy industry is very weak, and in adopting new technologies, mastering and developing certain important cutting-edge scientific and technological aspects, it is still far from meeting objective requirements. Based on this, the Municipal Party Committee proposes that industry should strive for excellence and precision

Today, Chen Jining, the Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, met with representatives of world-renowned mathematicians and Chinese and foreign scientists, including Qiu Chengtong, the Dean of Tsinghua University's Truth Seeking Academy, who came to Shanghai to attend the Pujiang Basic Science Development Forum. Chen Jining introduced the relevant situation of Shanghai's economic and social development. He said that Shanghai is the economic center of China, and openness, innovation, and inclusiveness are the most distinctive qualities of this city.Shanghai attaches great importance to the development of basic disciplines and innovation in basic research, and will persist and contribute to it for a long time, focusing on promoting the integrated development of education, technology, and talent. Scientists delve deeply into the field of basic science

Narrator: Xu Niankui, male, 89 years old, commanding platoon leader of the 21st Regiment of the 7th Artillery Division of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army. He went to North Korea to participate in the war in October 1951. When I went to Korea to participate in the Korean War in 1951, I was 17 years old and served as the deputy platoon leader of the Sixth Company Command Platoon; When I returned to my home country, I was 19 years old and promoted to platoon leader. Looking back on the life in the battlefield, those days were filled with gunfire and bullets, and life and death were uncertain. However, we maintained an uplifting and optimistic attitude, because our blood and sacrifice protected the safety of the people of our motherland. On the evening of October 23, 1951, our artillery 21st regiment crossed the Yalu River and entered North Korea to participate in the war. At a mobilization meeting before going abroad, the political commissar of the division said, "The Korean battlefield is an alchemy furnace. Whether you are real gold or brass, you will know with a single alchemy." I am determined not to disappoint the heavy trust of my motherland, be brave and skilled in battle, and not

On the afternoon of July 21st, the Oriental Talent Forum on "Asking for Enlightenment and Enlightening the Universe" was held at the Pudong International Talent Port. At the forum, academicians, experts from research institutes, and industry leaders jointly discussed key technological breakthroughs, practical applications, ecological construction, and talent cultivation in the field of metaverse, providing suggestions and suggestions for Shanghai's layout and cultivation of a new track and the construction of an international digital capital. More than 200 viewers and entrepreneurs came to the scene to experience the latest achievements of the metaverse, with over 12000 live streaming viewers online. In addition, the latest innovative achievements of companies such as Shangtang Technology, Lenovo Shanghai Research Institute, Weizhi Technology, and Diejing Digital in the field of metaverse were exhibited on site. Attendees immerse themselves in the digital twin city and observe how Lenovo's quadruped robots carry out all terrain work, lingering in the latest metaverse of Shangtang Technology

Recently, under the guidance of the Shanghai Civil Affairs Bureau, the Shanghai Social Organization Service Center released 20 Shanghai Social Organization Characteristic Service Exhibition Points. On July 21st, the first "Shanghai Social Organization Media Open Day" event began. These 20 Shanghai social organization characteristic service exhibition points come from the fields of party building leadership, technological innovation, social governance, public welfare and charity, rural revitalization, green and low-carbon, etc. The Shanghai Jing'an District White Collar Yijia New Organization Promotion Center not only provides over 4000 painting teaching, dance courses, psychological counseling, and socializing activities for nearby white-collar workers, but also serves a total of 500000 young white-collar workers. It continuously expands the scope of service targets and conducts "see Shanghai" activities for new employment groups such as delivery drivers, ride hailing drivers, and esports players, enhancing their understanding of Shanghai

Narrator: Sheng Renyong, male, 93 years old, is a machine gunner from the 2nd Battalion and 6th Company of the 220th Regiment of the 74th Division of the 24th Army of the Chinese People's Volunteer Army. He went to North Korea to participate in the war in August 1951. In 1950, I was still a 20-year-old young man. In response to the national call, I volunteered to join the military with the support of my parents. Do you remember when the conscription auditor asked me, "Are you not afraid of death when you join the army?" I said, "If you are not afraid of death when you join the army, then you will not join the army!" And so on, I successfully enlisted. This is the most glorious moment of my life. Our group of new recruits first trained in the county brigade, and then went to Fujian for training. In August 1951, my unit, the 74th Division of the 25th Army, was transferred to the 24th Army in September 1952. After completing various adaptability training such as reorganization, changing of equipment, and entering North Korea for combat, they gathered from Jinjiang, Fujian to Shangrao, Jiangxi, and then entered the Northeast Ji'an area

At the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress held today, Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, gave a detailed introduction to the work of promoting high-level reform and opening up, promoting self-reliance and self-improvement in high-level science and technology, building a modern industrial system, and doing a good job in the new round of popular support projects, in combination with the key work of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Government. "The key to deepening high-level reform and opening up is to accurately grasp the internal logic, conduct overall stress testing, bravely explore rule construction, and firmly build a safety barrier," said Gong Zheng. Gong Zheng stated that in deepening high-level reform and opening up, the current main focus is to promote the "4+2" key tasks, with "4" focusing on deepening the implementation of major national strategic tasks and accelerating the four aspects of work, respectively

Yesterday, members of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) who attended the fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress held a group discussion on Mayor Gong Zheng's report on the city's economic and social development in the first half of the year and the overall considerations for the second half of the year on behalf of the municipal government. The committee members believe that the mayor's report is concise, pragmatic, and objectively comprehensive in summarizing work. It has important guiding significance for deepening high-level reform and opening up, fully stimulating the vitality of high-quality development, and ensuring the smooth achievement of annual goals and tasks. "The report mentions that more than half of the time has been spent and more than half of the tasks have been completed. The achievements were not easy won and are inspiring." Qi Quansheng, a member of the committee, stated that in the first half of this year, facing a complex and severe external environment, Shanghai's economy accelerated recovery and the quality of development continued to improve. This is the result of the strong leadership of the Party Central Committee and the State Council, and the Municipal Party Committee led the whole city to work hard

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

On the morning of July 21st, the Shanghai Disabled Sports Comprehensive Facilities Project held a groundbreaking event in Chenjia Town, Chongming. This project covers an area of 80200 square meters and has a total construction area of 32800 square meters. It is adjacent to the Chongming Sports Training Base of the Municipal Sports Bureau for construction and resource sharing. It is expected to be completed and put into use by the end of July next year. According to the introduction, the construction content includes the construction of a new sports hall, indoor track and field hall, athlete restaurant, athlete apartment, etc. After the completion of the project, it will make up for the shortcomings of sports facilities for disabled athletes, effectively meet the training scale of 342 people from 19 teams of 14 projects of the national team and Shanghai team, improve the professional training level of disabled athletes, and lay a solid foundation for fully preparing for the Paris Paralympics. Du Songquan, Secretary of the Party Group and Chairman of the Municipal Disabled Persons' Federation, stated that after the project is completed, it will benchmark against domestic first-class standards

The fourth meeting of the Standing Committee of the 16th Municipal People's Congress was held yesterday and listened to reports on inspecting the implementation of the "Regulations on China Pilot Free Trade Zones" and the "Regulations on China Pilot Free Trade Zones Lingang New Area" in this city. This year marks the 10th anniversary of the establishment of China's Pilot Free Trade Zone. In order to deeply summarize the ten-year construction experience of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone, deepen integrated reform and institutional opening up, and promote the construction of Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone and Lingang New Area to a new level, the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress organized a law enforcement inspection of relevant regulations. The law enforcement inspection report pointed out that since the implementation of the two regulations, they have led the reform, innovation, and development of the Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone and the Lingang New Area, basically formed an investment management model that is in line with internationally recognized rules, established a trade supervision system that complies with high standard trade facilitation rules, and continued to promote it

The fourth meeting of the 16th Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal People's Congress was held this afternoon at the World Expo Center. Chen Jining, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, attended the meeting. Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, on behalf of the Municipal Government, reports on the city's economic and social development situation in the first half of 2023 and overall considerations for the second half of the year. Wu Qing, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Executive Vice Mayor, attended the meeting. The meeting was chaired by Zheng Gangmiao, Vice Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress. Vice Chairmen of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, Zhou Huilin, Zongming, Chen Jing, Zhang Quan, and Xu Yisong, took seats at the podium.

On July 18th, the website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security announced the appointment and dismissal of state officials by the State Council. Dong Jingwei was appointed as the Director of the Central People's Government's Office for the Safeguarding of National Security in the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region. This means that after Zheng Yanxiong, former Director of the National Security Office in Hong Kong, was transferred to the position of Director of the Hong Kong Liaison Office in January this year, his successor was finally confirmed. On the same day, the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region, Li Jiachao, welcomed the appointment of the State Council. Li Jiachao stated that the SAR government will continue to maintain close communication and cooperation with the National Security Office, do its best to implement the Hong Kong National Security Law, and fulfill the responsibility and obligation of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region to maintain national security. In addition to the National Security Office stationed in Hong Kong, there has also been a clear leadership of a central agency related to Hong Kong recently. According to the official website of the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the State Council, on the morning of July 11th, the Hong Kong and Macao Affairs Office of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held a meeting

The second Global Media Innovation Forum, with the theme of "Open, Inclusive, and Win Win Win - Joining Hands on the Road to Modernization", was held on July 20th in the World Guesthouse located on the North Bund of Shanghai. Li Shulei, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Minister of the Propaganda Department, attended the opening ceremony through video and delivered a keynote speech. Shanghai Municipal Party Secretary Chen Jining attended the opening ceremony and delivered a speech. Shen Haixiong, Vice Minister of the Propaganda Department of the CPC Central Committee, Director and Chief Editor of China Central Radio and Television, Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee and Mayor, Pavel Negoica, President of the Russian newspaper, Ahmed Nadim, Secretary General of the Asia Pacific Broadcasting Union, attended and jointly released the Joint Initiative of the Second Global Media Innovation Forum. The attending guests believe that achieving modernization is a common cause of all humanity.

On July 20, 2023, the Shanghai University Student Volunteer Service Western Plan Volunteer Expedition Ceremony was held at the School of Medicine of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, where volunteers took a collective oath to help others, serve society, practice the spirit of volunteerism, and promote advanced culture to the best of their abilities and without compensation. It is reported that the 2023 Western Plan work was launched in April, with 1262 fresh graduates and current graduate students from 54 universities in the city actively applying. Finally, 148 volunteers were selected and will go to grassroots areas in the central and western regions to carry out volunteer service work for 1-3 years. At the same time, 143 graduate volunteer teaching groups from 11 universities in this city will also go to various teaching sites to carry out a one-year teaching service work. This year is the first time that the "Shanghai College Student Volunteer Service Western Plan" project has been launched

On the morning of July 20th, the Organization Department of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Agriculture and Rural Committee held a deployment meeting for paired assistance of urban and rural party organizations in Shanghai and the selection of village instructors.It is reported that paired assistance by urban and rural party organizations is an important experience in grassroots party building work in Shanghai. From October 2006 to December 2022, it has taken 16 years and four rounds of promotion. In the fourth round of paired assistance starting in 2019, there were a total of 2702 grassroots party organizations and 103 agricultural township party committees in the city

China Central Television and the Shanghai Municipal People's Government signed a strategic cooperation framework agreement today on the joint construction of the Shanghai Industrial Museum project. Shen Haixiong, Deputy Minister of the Central Propaganda Department and Director of the Central Radio and Television Station, and Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, attended and witnessed the signing of the contract. Vice Mayor Liu Duo of Shanghai and Deputy Director of Taiwan Xing Bo signed a contract on behalf of both parties. According to the agreement, the headquarters will work together with the Shanghai Municipal Government to benchmark the positioning of national level museums and jointly build the Shanghai Industrial Museum system. Both sides will rely on the technological advantages, content advantages, and communication advantages of the main station to jointly create a new space for China's industrial development imaging, create a new paradigm of exhibition presentation guided by 8K ultra high definition technology, expand project influence through carriers such as "100 cities and 1000 screens", and promote innovative cooperation in museum curation and operation, strengthen cultural confidence, and uphold openness and inclusiveness

Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng met with a delegation led by Zheng Xiangling, Chairman of the Hong Kong Provincial Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Shi Ronghuai, Chairman of the Association, today. Gong Zheng warmly welcomed the delegation's visit and provided a detailed introduction to the economic and social development of Shanghai.Shanghai and Hong Kong have a long history of cultural affinity, economic integration, and cooperation and exchange. Especially since the establishment of the Shanghai Hong Kong Cooperation Conference mechanism in 2003, economic and trade cooperation has become even closer. This year coincides with the 20th anniversary of the establishment of the mechanism, and we expect Shanghai and Hong Kong to seize the high-quality development opportunity of jointly building the "the Belt and Road" and strengthen resources

Chen Jining, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, presided over the meeting and delivered a speech.To create a good environment

Editor's note: On the morning of July 27, 1953, representatives from China, North Korea, and the United States officially signed an agreement on a military ceasefire in North Korea. At this point, after two years and nine months of bloody struggle, the Korean War ended with a great victory for the Chinese people. This victory belongs to the Chinese People's Volunteer Army, to every Chinese person, and is a powerful declaration that the new China stands firm in the east of the world. At present, as we embark on a new journey of comprehensively building a socialist modernized country, we still need to draw strength from the great spirit of resistance and assistance forged by the Korean War, overcome all difficulties and obstacles, and defeat all powerful enemies. To commemorate the 70th anniversary of the victory of the Korean War, the Liberation Daily's Shangguan News has launched a series of reports from now on. Through the oral narration of veteran volunteers in Shanghai, they can trace the hardships and greatness of the past

This morning, Chen Jining, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, and Nie Zhuang, Secretary of the Kashgar Regional Party Committee of the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, led a delegation of party and government from the Kashgar region of Xinjiang to hold a symposium. Chen Jining thanks Kashgar in Xinjiang for their support and assistance in Shanghai's work, as well as for their care and love for the talents and cadres of Shanghai's aid to Xinjiang.Supporting Kashgar in Xinjiang is a glorious task entrusted to Shanghai by the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, and it is also a political responsibility that Shanghai cannot shirk. Shanghai will deeply implement the Party's strategy for governing Xinjiang in the new era, wholeheartedly and emotionally support various tasks, and promote long-term stability and high-quality development in the Kashgar region

The 2023 Shanghai Counterpart Special Commodity Exhibition and Sales Fair, with the theme of "Deepening Consumer Assistance, Assisting Rural Revitalization, and Promoting Common Prosperity," opened today at the Shanghai Exhibition Center. In the morning, Chen Jining, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, came to the exhibition site to inspect the characteristic products of the corresponding regions and understand the progress of consumer assistance work. Chen Jining said that this year is the beginning year of fully implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China, and a key year for consolidating and expanding the achievements of poverty alleviation and effectively connecting with rural revitalization.

Last week, party and government delegations from Beijing and Anhui respectively visited Shanghai for inspection.During the Beijing Shanghai exchange symposium, the Shanghai side stated that it will jointly implement major national strategic tasks with Beijing, strengthen exchanges and mutual learning, explore practical measures in promoting regional coordinated development and high-level opening up, focus on the construction of international science and technology innovation centers, strengthen innovation collaboration, and carry out joint research and development, continuously improving the city's level and core competitiveness. Shanghai and Anhui have stated that they will take practical measures and insights to promote the integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta