Political situation

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

According to the theme education work arrangement, this afternoon, the Party Group of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress held a theoretical learning center group learning meeting to listen to the special coaching report on "steadfastly and deeply promoting comprehensive strict governance of the Party". Some members of the Party Group of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress exchanged and discussed topics such as learning the Party Constitution, "On the Party's Self Revolution", and coaching reports.

Chen Jining, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, met with Guo Konghua, Chairman of Kerry Holdings Limited in Hong Kong, and his delegation this afternoon. Chen Jining introduced the relevant situation of Shanghai's economic and social development.Kerry is a multinational comprehensive enterprise group, with core business aligned with Shanghai's urban development and industrial positioning. Welcome to seize the opportunities of urban renewal, industrial transformation, and consumption upgrading, fully leverage our own experience and resource advantages, further increase investment layout in Shanghai, actively participate in the construction of new cities and major functional infrastructure, continuously explore new technologies and models in digital and green transformation, and assist international consumption

Today, Xu Qin, Secretary of the Heilongjiang Provincial Party Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Provincial People's Congress, and Liang Huiling, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor, led the Heilongjiang Provincial Party and government delegation to Shanghai for inspection. Chen Jining, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, and Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, participated in relevant activities and held a two-way exchange symposium with the Party and government delegation of Heilongjiang Province to discuss cooperation and exchange plans between the two regions and work together to implement national strategic tasks. Lan Shaomin, Chairman of the Heilongjiang Provincial Political Consultative Conference, participated in relevant activities. On behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Government, Chen Jining thanks Heilongjiang Province for its long-term support and assistance in Shanghai's development.

Recently, the Shanghai Employment Work Leading Group issued a notice on the issuance of several measures to optimize, adjust and stabilize employment policies, and fully promote the development and benefit of the people. Based on the implementation of the central government's decision and deployment on stabilizing employment, combined with the actual situation in Shanghai, 18 specific measures were proposed from five aspects: stimulating vitality, expanding employment capacity, expanding channels to promote employment and entrepreneurship among young people such as college graduates, strengthening assistance to secure the bottom line of people's livelihood, promoting the improvement of employment service quality, and strengthening organizational implementation. Multiple measures were taken simultaneously to ensure the overall stability of the employment situation. The Notice points out that it is necessary to increase support for job expansion policies for industries and enterprises with strong employment capacity, include key engineering, manufacturing key industrial chain main enterprises, key private enterprises, etc. in the scope of employment services for key enterprises, equip employment service specialists, and implement the "one enterprise" policy

At 7 o'clock on a midsummer night, as the dusk lingers, the limited time pedestrian street of University Road, about 250 meters long, gradually lights up with colorful lights. Slowly moving forward, the lights connect into a line, and various delicious snack stalls make people drool. Handicrafts are overwhelming, and some private cars set up trunk markets. Catering and shops along the street also set up outdoor spaces. Music, outdoor movies, and other activities attract people to stop, and the city is filled with fireworks. Not only Yangpu University Road, but other corners of the city, such as Jing'an Maoming North Road, Changning Kaitian Road, and Pudong Fucheng Road, have also opened limited time pedestrian streets in the past year. These pedestrian streets have performances, markets, and art installations... While bringing popularity and traffic, they also pose higher requirements for refined urban management, requiring government departments and organizers to adjust business formats and management methods according to local conditions. When nearby residents, Zhou

Hengsha Island is an alluvial island at the mouth of the Yangtze River, located at the forefront of flood and typhoon prevention in the easternmost part of Chongming District. Due to the lack of drainage facilities, it bears enormous pressure and difficulties in flood and disaster prevention. On June 5th this year, four units of the anti imperialist dam pump gate located in Hengsha Township officially started using dual circuit electricity. Previously, a single line power supply could only ensure the normal operation of two units. Earlier, during the flood season, farmland and houses in the eastern part of Hengsha Township were flooded, causing significant losses to the villagers. The anti imperialist dam pump gate can be fully put into operation, which makes Liu Xinyi, the chairman of the Hengsha Township People's Congress, sincerely happy. He, who has worked in Hengsha for many years, is well aware that the people on the island have suffered from floods in the past, and has also witnessed the ups and downs in the construction process of the anti imperialist dam pump gate. Now, this long-standing problem that has troubled the people of Hengsha for many years has been completely solved. Last year, Super Typhoon Xuan

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.

"A certain department failed to fulfill its leading role in handling a wage dispute involving migrant workers at a construction site, and multiple departments and units passed the buck to each other, resulting in the complainant being dissatisfied with the resolution of the problem." "A state-owned enterprise in a certain district disposed of a noise disturbance work order from a commercial tenant, but the handling personnel did not go to the front line to investigate and verify, resulting in multiple complaints from the complainant..." Recently, the Jing'an District Commission for Discipline Inspection and Supervision, in conjunction with the District Urban Transport Center, conducted supervision and research on key indicators for handling work orders on the "12345" Citizen Service Hotline, providing strong support for actively responding to public demands and concerns, and creating a clean and upright regional atmosphere and a good political ecology. ". The "12345" Citizen Service Hotline is a convenient channel for the public to reflect their demands and listen to their voices. It is also a sensor for the government to perceive social conditions and public opinion. The Discipline Inspection Commission and Supervision Commission of Jing'an District will supervise and promote the "hotline work"

Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng met with Bai Le, Chairman of the Board of Directors, CEO, and President of Bidi Medical in the United States, today.Biopharmaceuticals is one of the three leading industries vigorously developed in Shanghai. In recent years, the innovation and sourcing capabilities of the industry have significantly improved, the advantages of talent and clinical resources have continued to consolidate, and the industrial foundation and competitiveness have significantly enhanced. The higher expectations of the Chinese people for health, the favorable environment of Shanghai Biomedical, and a series of institutional innovations in the Lingang New Area of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone will create more investment opportunities, market opportunities, and development opportunities for various enterprises, including Bidi Medical. Welcome Bidi Medical to actively introduce global innovative products, Shenzhen

The 37th batch of regional headquarters and R&D centers of multinational corporations awarded certificates and the signing ceremony for Shanghai's foreign investment projects was held today. Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng issued certificates and witnessed the signing of contracts for the regional headquarters and R&D centers of multinational corporations. 31 newly recognized regional headquarters of multinational corporations and 13 research and development centers have been awarded certificates; 77 foreign-funded projects were centrally signed, with a total investment of 10.24 billion US dollars. At the ceremony, Vice Mayor Huayuan delivered a speech. Tang Zhe, Chief Financial Officer of Bokai Machinery in Asia Pacific, Lian Shijun, General Manager of Ruike Medical's Global R&D Center, and Hengye, CEO of Suez Investment in Asia, respectively represented the newly recognized regional headquarters of multinational corporations, foreign-funded R&D centers, and foreign-funded project signing enterprises. The regional headquarters and R&D centers of multinational corporations that have been awarded certificates this time include 11 in the manufacturing industry and 33 in the service industry

Today is the concentrated promotion day for work-related injury insurance in this city. Staff members from various levels of human resources and social security departments in Shanghai walked out of the office and further popularized policies and regulations such as the Social Insurance Law, the Work Injury Insurance Regulations, and the Shanghai Work Injury Insurance Implementation Measures through distributing promotional materials, on-site consultations, training lectures, and online interactions. They strengthened the awareness of employers and workers to understand, abide by, and use the law, and made every effort to promote the entry of work injury insurance policies into parks, enterprises, government agencies, and communities. In addition, the Shanghai Human Resources and Social Security Department launched a centralized publicity campaign on work injury insurance throughout the city in July, with the theme of "Work Injury Insurance, Accompanying You", which is one of the government open activities for the local human resources and social security department. It is understood that in recent years, the work injury insurance work in this city has broken through the traditional institutional framework, increased reform and innovation efforts, and implemented multiple measures simultaneously

Yesterday, in accordance with the requirements of the Central and Municipal Party Committee's thematic education deployment, the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Party Group held a thematic education learning seminar. Some members of the CPPCC Party Group and the Chairman's Meeting exchanged opinions on the relevant situation and experience of the thematic education research. The meeting pointed out that investigation and research are the key measures of this theme education, and also a key link to improve the quality and efficiency of the performance of the CPPCC. In accordance with the relevant deployment requirements of the central and municipal party committees, we should continue to promote the deepening and implementation of theme education and the promotion of investigation and research, and achieve practical results.To strengthen collaborative linkage and sustain

On July 17, the Shanghai delegation led by Chen Jining, Secretary of the CPC Xizang Municipal Committee, held a symposium on the work of Shanghai Tibet counterpart support with Wang Junzheng, Secretary of the Party Committee of the Xizang Autonomous Region, and other leaders of the Xizang Autonomous Region in Shigatse, Xizang, to discuss the major plan of counterpart support and jointly seek a new chapter of cooperation between the two regions. Before the meeting, leaders from Shanghai and Tibet, including Chen Jining and Wang Junzheng, visited and comforted representatives of Shanghai's aid to Tibet cadres and talents. At the symposium, Chen Jining, on behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and the Shanghai Municipal Government, expressed heartfelt thanks to the Xizang Autonomous Region for its long-term support and assistance to Shanghai and for its care and care for cadres and talents who helped Tibet.

Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, presided over an executive meeting of the Municipal Government today, demanding that all efforts be made to do a good job in the economic and social development of the second half of the year in accordance with the deployment of the Municipal Party Committee; Solidly promote the comprehensive inspection team of the State Council Work Safety Committee to identify and implement the rectification of problems, as well as the 2023 action of major hidden dangers investigation and rectification in this city.Next, we must conscientiously implement the deployment of the Municipal Party Committee Plenary Session and the Municipal Party Committee Quarterly Work Meeting, and make every effort to do a good job in the economic and social development in the second half of the year

On July 15th, the 2023 Smart Health City and Social Public Health Management Seminar on "Gathering the Four Seas with Wisdom and Enjoying Health" was held at Huaxin Science and Technology Park in Xuhui District. The seminar invites experts and scholars from different fields to focus on the development of industries such as digital technology empowering medical services, public health services, drug supply, medical and health security, and health management. Together, we will discuss the opportunities and challenges of smart health city construction and public health management, share new concepts, methods, and experiences, and contribute to the construction of a healthy China. At the seminar, Zhao Dongyuan, an academician of the CAS Member, delivered a video speech. Nine experts and scholars from the fields of public health and social governance, hospital management, and the pharmaceutical industry gave keynote speeches and roundtable discussions. More than 100 experts and scholars, returnees, and business representatives attended the conference. meanwhile

In the early days of liberation, Shanghai experienced an inconspicuous safety accident: in a state-owned Asia steelmaking workshop, worker Zhang Gaotie discovered during his night shift that the bainite furnace used for steelmaking urgently needed a cold pump machine. After pressing the switch, he accidentally caused all the upper and lower fuses to burst. After investigating the reasons, it was discovered that Zhang High speed Railway was not literate. When he arrived at the steelmaking workshop, he "dared not touch anything". When he encountered an unexpected situation, he was at a loss. He only saw a note on the switch and was not sure what was written on it. He pressed the switch downwards, but unexpectedly, it caused an accident. The predicament of Zhang High speed Railway was not uncommon among the vast worker population in Shanghai at that time. At that time, Shanghai and even the whole country faced a common problem: in the early days of the founding of the People's Republic of China, various industries were waiting for development and efforts were being made to restore economic production, requiring a large number of workers with a certain cultural level to come

The love between Shanghai and Yunnan is deep, crossing mountains and seas. From July 13th to 15th, a Shanghai delegation led by Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, accompanied by Wang Ning, Secretary of the Yunnan Provincial Party Committee, and Wang Yubo, Deputy Secretary of the Provincial Party Committee and Governor, respectively, went to Pu'er City and Xishuangbanna Dai Autonomous Prefecture to visit towns, villages, industrial bases, schools, and hospitals, and inspect the implementation of Shanghai Yunnan cooperation.Let the masses live

On the occasion of the 9th "7.15 World Youth Skills Day", the "Big Country Little Craftsman" Youth Skills Experience Theme Day, hosted by the Municipal Employment Promotion Center, was held today at the China High Skilled Talent Public Training Center. The summary of the event reviewed the development process of "Big Country Little Craftsmen" over the past five years, and released a new season of youth skills experience theme arrangements. The "Skills Master Lecture Hall" and Skills Carnival experience activities attracted nearly 200 young people to actively participate. At the event, Wang Wei, a senior technician from COMAC Shanghai Aircraft Manufacturing Co., Ltd., shared his story with the domestically produced C919 aircraft. He grew up playing with his father's wooden airplane and established the belief that "when he grows up, he either flies or manufactures airplanes.". When the country restarted the large aircraft project, he gave up his high salary to join the aircraft manufacturing industry

"While many people are curious about whether wearing prosthetics can lead to normal walking, Ossur has already made us run and even run." At the 2023 Smart Health City and Social Public Health Management Seminar held by the Shanghai Europe and America Alumni Association this afternoon, Ossur's Chinese brand ambassador, Hu Yutao, shared his story with prosthetics under the theme of "Technology Restarts Life". If he had not encountered that accident, the life of Hu Yutao, a young man from Gansu born in the 1990s, may have been smooth sailing. He has excelled in academic performance since childhood and loves sports. However, while studying architecture in the United States, he was diagnosed with congenital arteriovenous fistula due to an accident. I have undergone 6 interventional surgeries while traveling back and forth between China and the United States, but the treatment has been unsuccessful. When Hu Yutao was 24 years old, doctors had to saw him off