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On July 4, 2013, the headline on the front page of Liberation Daily was eye-catching: The overall plan for China's pilot free trade zone was approved, becoming another landmark event of reform and opening up.This is even more inevitable - no matter how the environment changes, our determination to promote high-level reform and opening up has never changed, and our determination to promote high-quality development has never changed. This is a mobilization order to hold high the banner and forge ahead

The Third Plenary Session of the Twelfth CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee decided that the Twelfth CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee would hold the Third Plenary Session on July 4, 2023. 75 members of the Municipal Party Committee and 15 alternate members of the Municipal Party Committee attended this plenary session. Members of the Municipal Commission for Discipline Inspection, responsible officials from relevant parties, as well as some Shanghai representatives of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and representatives of the 12th Municipal Party Congress, attended the plenary session as non voting delegates. The plenary session is presided over by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee.Comrade Chen Jining gave an explanation and speech on the Opinion. It was pointed out at the plenary session that the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China planned to comprehensively promote the great rejuvenation of the Chinese nation with Chinese path to modernization

The third plenary meeting of the 12th Shanghai Municipal Committee of the CPC was held at the World Expo Center on July 4.The plenary session is presided over by the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee. Chen Jining, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, gave an explanation on the "Opinions" and gave a speech on implementing the spirit of the plenary session and doing a good job in the second half of the year. Li Jinbin, the leader of the Fifth Central Guidance Group, attended the meeting to provide guidance. Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, attended the meeting. The plenary session pointed out that this year is the beginning year of implementing the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the starting year of implementing the spirit of the 12th Party Congress of the city. The 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China clearly stated that high-quality development is the primary task of comprehensively building a socialist modernized country

"Ranking has come out, you are the number one in the country!" At around 8am on June 29th, Yu Sha, who was having breakfast at a hotel, received a message from staff members of the Shanghai Disabled Persons' Federation. At the closing National Disability Vocational Skills Competition that day, he won the championship in the network information security project and was the only full scorer in this competition. He didn't even finish breakfast when he received the news, so he told his friends the good news as soon as possible. The 7th National Disability Vocational Skills Competition was held in Jinan from June 27th to 29th. A total of 950 participants from all over the country participated in the competition, setting a new record in scale. In this competition, the contestants from the Shanghai delegation fought bravely and achieved fruitful results: ranking second in total score and winning the Excellent Organization Award. In 17 participating projects, CAD drawing and design

"These are particles with a mortise and tenon structure. The protruding ones are called mortises, and the concave ones are called mortises. When they build up, they form four walls..." Shen Huanyu, a fourth grade student at the Third Central Primary School in Jing'an District, excitedly introduced, while wrapping the framework structure with a "wall" made of paper. A small Nan Chan Temple has begun to take shape. On July 3, 2023, the Shanghai Primary School Love Summer Care Class officially opened. Early in the morning, Shen Huanyu arrived at the Shimen Second Road Street Community Cultural Activity Center to participate in his most interesting intangible cultural heritage activities. "Nanchan Temple is the oldest wooden building in China. We hope that children can understand what mortise and tenon joints are and what beams and columns are by building them themselves," said Professor Sun, the lecturer. In the adjacent classroom, students are drawing pictures of Jinshan farmers. In the farmer's paintings, there are small bridges, flowing water, ponds, and rice fields, and children can

The Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Chen Jining, met this morning with the Secretary General of the International Chamber of Commerce and the International Arbitration Court, led by Mr. Fraser. Chen Jining introduced the relevant situation of Shanghai's economic and social development.Accelerating modernization construction and promoting high-quality development, especially the need to continuously create a market-oriented, legal, and internationalized first-class business environment, truly making the rule of law an important symbol of Shanghai's core competitiveness. The International Chamber of Commerce (ICC) International Arbitration Court is a globally renowned arbitration institution that welcomes better utilization of professional advantages and deepening of legal services cooperation

Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, presided over an executive meeting of the Shanghai Municipal Government today, calling for a scientific response to extreme weather disasters in accordance with the deployment of the Municipal Party Committee, and making every effort to ensure the safety of people's lives and property; Strengthen cost budget performance management and build a clean and efficient government. The meeting agreed in principle on the Guiding Opinions on Further Measures for Stopping Classes, Stopping Work, Stopping Operations, Stopping Navigation, Stopping Parks, and Stopping Business during Extreme Disasters in the City, and pointed out that Shanghai is located near the river and sea, and is highly susceptible to extreme weather effects. It is necessary to maintain a clear mind, strengthen top-level design, adhere to bottom line thinking, focus on institutionalized construction, place the safety of people's lives and property in the most prominent position, and resolutely build a "copper wall and iron wall" for urban safety. We need to strengthen the construction of monitoring and early warning systems, fully leverage the role of technology empowerment, and further improve the prediction of extreme weather conditions

Shanghai Mayor Gong Zheng met with South Korean Governor Kim Tae chin and his delegation today. Gong Zheng said that Shanghai attaches great importance to friendly exchanges with Zhongqing South Road. In 2008, the two places established friendly exchange relations and carried out practical cooperation in areas such as economy, trade, culture, tourism, and new energy.We will further expand openness and strengthen international cooperation with a more positive attitude. The economic and trade cooperation between Shanghai and Zhongqing South Road is vast, and we warmly welcome Zhongqing South Road enterprises to appear at the CIIE. We will continue to deepen bilateral investment cooperation between the two cities, focusing on digital economy, new energy and other fields, and support and encourage excellent enterprises to invest and develop in each other, achieving common development. Meanwhile, we hope that the people of both regions

On the afternoon of July 2nd, the first general meeting of the second session of the Shanghai Foreign Enterprise Youth Talent Association was held at the Pudong Cadre College in China. The Shanghai Foreign Enterprise Youth Talent Association was established in January 2018 and is a non-profit social organization legal entity voluntarily initiated by foreign enterprise youth talents. As of now, there are 70000 foreign-funded enterprises in Shanghai, contributing about 1/4 of the city's GDP, about 1/3 of taxes, more than half of the total industrial output value above designated size, and nearly 2/3 of the total foreign trade import and export volume. Young foreign enterprises play an extremely important role in various industries. "As the first foreign enterprise youth talent organization in China, the association has gathered a group of excellent foreign enterprise youth." Li Ling, the first vice president, second honorary president, and president of CBRE China of the Shanghai Foreign Enterprise Youth Talent Association, introduced that currently, members

In order to solve the problem of urban development space, Shanghai built five satellite cities in the suburbs in the late 1950s, which better met the needs of urban development at that time, especially the development of heavy industry. During the process, builders explore and solve the three core issues of whether to build a satellite city, where to build it, and how to build it through investigation and field exploration, making the planning and layout of the satellite city more reasonable and appropriate, playing a key role in the smooth progress of the construction project. First question: Should Shanghai build a satellite city? In 1956, Chairman Mao Zedong instructed that Shanghai had a promising future and needed to develop. Subsequently, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee proposed the industrial construction policy of "full utilization and reasonable development". The pace of urban development in Shanghai is accelerating, with a large number of construction projects underway. The narrow urban space has become a bottleneck and obstacle to development

This morning, Chen Jining, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, met with the delegation led by Janini, Assistant Director General of Education of UNESCO. Chen Jining introduced the relevant situation of Shanghai's economic and social development, especially the development of education.We have always placed education in a prominent position in urban development, accelerating the establishment of a sound education system, enriching the supply of lifelong education, deepening digital empowerment of education, and expanding international cooperation in education. The foundation of cooperation between UNESCO and Shanghai is deep, and the results of cooperation are constantly emerging. The construction of Chinese path to modernization is highly consistent with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development of the United Nations

Guo Fang, who was transferred from a member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Mayor to a member of the Party Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment, recently gained a new identity. According to the official website of the Ministry of Human Resources and Social Security on June 30th, the State Council appointed Guo Fang as the Deputy Minister of Ecology and Environment. This means adding another female deputy minister to the national department. The Jiefang Daily Shangguan News reporter found that there are currently 13 female leaders in the leadership teams of the 26 constituent departments of the State Council, including 2 at the ministerial level. Among them, there was one member of the 20th Central Committee, one alternate member of the 20th Central Committee, three members of the 20th Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and two members of democratic parties. Four people are members of the 14th National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference. Both female ministers graduated from the Law Department of China University of Political Science and Law. Currently, there are 26 State Councils in charge of this

"We are the Sharp Knife Squad, with the enemy occupying a high ground less than 100 meters away from us, but they are extremely cunning and have fierce firepower. Even if our comrades fall in front of us, I cannot retreat. Finally, we have passed through the minefield and eliminated the enemy, taking their command post..." On the eve of July 1st, a special comrade in arms was welcomed to a certain armed police camp in Zhoupu, Pudong New Area - a heroic veteran named Yang Kunming, who had made first-class military achievements in border self-defense counterattacks. At 8 a.m., the armed police soldiers lined up neatly at the entrance of the camp, welcoming the veterans with loud slogans. "Returning to the military after many years, I feel very familiar, as if I have returned to an unforgettable military time," Yang Kunming said. Entering the study room, Yang Kunming solemnly put on a shiny military merit badge and told everyone about his past battle stories. he

Today, the city's integrated policy library has been officially launched on the municipal government portal website, collecting over 3200 popular policies. Enterprises and citizens can click to browse on the homepage of the website. In the online and offline research conducted by the Municipal Government Office at the beginning of the year, many enterprises and people reported that some policies were scattered across multiple departments, and some policies involved multiple levels such as the country, city, district, and street town, making it difficult to fully understand the policies. To this end, the General Office of the Municipal Government has coordinated with various districts and relevant departments to carry out policy integrated release pilot projects, focusing on policy areas with high social attention, large volume, and cross departmental and cross hierarchical levels. From the perspective of promoting clear and efficient understanding of "one matter" and "one type of matter" by enterprises and the public, digital means are used to promote the collection of cross departmental and cross hierarchical policies. The first batch of pilot projects will be conducted by the city

Today, the CPC is celebrating its 102nd anniversary. Shanghai, the birthplace of the Party, is full of warm celebrations. At 7:23 am, on the square in front of the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China, the five-star red flag slowly rose amidst the majestic national anthem. Many citizens who spontaneously came to visit and pay their respects have gathered by the Taiping Lake. It is reported that in recent days, the number of visitors to the Memorial Hall of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China has exceeded 10000 people per day. Since the opening of the new hall, the number of visitors has reached nearly 3.3 million. Everyone has come here to revisit the history of the founding of the Communist Party of China and draw inexhaustible spiritual energy from it. "Today is the birthday of the Party, an unusual day." Although his head is covered in white hair, 74 year old Zheng Xuedong is still spirited. On that day, he left Baoshan early in the morning and rode his bicycle to the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China. As a photography enthusiast, he specially brought a camera with him

Vice Chairmen of the Municipal Political Consultative Conference Xiao Guiyu, Chen Qun, Jin Xingming, and Wu

"Caring for the healthy growth of the next generation is not only a glorious task that concerns the successors of our Party and the country, but also a sacred responsibility for every retired comrade to fulfill their original aspirations and fulfill their mission. In the face of new tasks and requirements in the new era, I will continue to contribute to the high-quality development of the next generation's work." Yesterday afternoon, at the launch ceremony of the 2023 "Starting Again from Shikumen - Learning Party History and National History, Inheriting Red Genes, and Striving to be a New Era" theme activity held at the Shanghai Children's Library, Ye Hong, the 75 year old leader of the most beautiful "Five Elders" and the "Four Histories" preaching team in China, delivered a speech. It expresses the confidence and determination of the vast number of retired cadres in the city to bravely shoulder their original mission, inherit the red gene, and start again. The launch ceremony showcased the past through video format

Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, met today with the Guangzhou Municipal Party and Government delegation led by Guo Yonghang, a member of the Guangdong Provincial Party Committee Standing Committee, Secretary of the Guangzhou Municipal Party Committee, and Mayor. Gong Zheng, on behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Government, warmly welcomes the arrival of the Guangzhou Municipal Party and Government Delegation, and sincerely thanks Guangzhou for its long-term care and support for Shanghai's development.

The reporter learned from the Municipal Bureau of Human Resources and Social Security that the city will adjust the minimum wage standard from July 1, 2023. The monthly minimum wage standard has been adjusted from 2590 yuan to 2690 yuan, an increase of 100 yuan; The minimum hourly wage has been adjusted from 23 yuan to 24 yuan. The monthly minimum wage standard is applicable to full-time employees. If the employee provides normal labor during the statutory working hours or the working hours stipulated in the labor contract signed in accordance with the law, the monthly wage paid by the employer cannot be lower than the monthly minimum wage standard. The monthly minimum wage standard in this city does not include the social insurance premiums and housing provident fund paid by individual workers in accordance with the law, which shall be paid separately by the employer. Overtime pay for extended working hours, summer heat allowance, middle and night shift allowance, as well as job allowances and meal allowances for workers in special working environments such as toxic and harmful environments

What is the current situation of ethnic population mobility, integration, and development? What changes have occurred in the spatial distribution pattern? What are the new situations and problems faced by the migration and integration of ethnic populations in mega cities? On June 28th, Professor Gao Xiangdong, a member of the 13th Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the chief expert of the "Research Base for Strengthening the Awareness of the Chinese National Community", brought a thematic education lecture to more than 70 grassroots ethnic and religious work cadres from Hongkou, Putuo, and Minhang districts. It is reported that this report meeting integrates the joint research results of the Municipal Committee of the Communist Party of China, the United Front Work Department of the Hongkou District Committee, the United Front Work Department of the Putuo District Committee, the United Front Work Department of the Minhang District Committee, and the Overseas Chinese Religious Work Committee of the Standing Committee of the District People's Congress. According to the requirements of the Central Theme Education Office and the Municipal Party Committee Theme Education Leading Group, Qian Feng, Vice Chairman of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, led the paper "The Practice and Implementation of Strengthening the Awareness of the Chinese National Community in Shanghai -

On June 26th, the official website of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development updated the leadership bulletin board: Wang Hui, Deputy Governor of Jiangsu Province, was appointed as a member of the Party Group of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development. This is the fourth provincial-level government deputy to come to Beijing this month to serve as a new minister. Previously, Wang Zhizhong, Deputy Governor of Guangdong Province and Director of the Provincial Public Security Department, returned to the Ministry of Public Security as Deputy Minister; Wu Xiuzhang, Vice Chairman of the Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region Government, serves as the Deputy Minister of Human Resources and Social Security; Guo Fang, member of the Standing Committee of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee and Deputy Mayor, has been appointed as a new member of the Party Group of the Ministry of Ecology and Environment. Within six months, Wang Hui has been appointed as a member of the Party Group of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development twice, and has been transferred to the Party Group of the Ministry of Housing and Urban Rural Development. This is Wang Hui's second job adjustment this year. In January of this year, Wang Hui was elected as the Deputy Governor of Jiangsu Province during his tenure as the Secretary of the Nantong Municipal Party Committee, responsible for ecological environment, water conservancy, agriculture and rural areas, and rural revitalization. He will no longer serve as the Secretary of the Nantong Municipal Party Committee in March. Public information shows

The city has entered the second half with a series of old corrections. The Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress will listen to and review the special work report of the Municipal Government on the renovation of "two old and one village" in September. On June 29th, the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress officially launched a special supervision on the renovation of "Two Olds and One Village", and it is expected to form a special supervision and research report in August this year. It is reported that the implementation path of the "two old and one village" renovation in this city has been clearly defined. In terms of renovation of old areas, "one place, one policy" adopts methods such as government enterprise cooperation and separate reserve by the district government. In terms of complete renovation of old housing, a full process implementation path is formed, including determining the project implementation subject, organizing evaluation, planning, scheme preparation, agreement signing, and project construction. In terms of the transformation of "urban villages", we adhere to cooperative transformation as the main way of transformation, and have issued project identification and implementation plans

According to the feedback from the public, Gong Zheng and his delegation visited Guchen Road and Meipu Road in Baoshan District to inspect the current situation of gas and sewage facilities in the area, gain a detailed understanding of the crux of related issues in the residential area, and analyze the situation together with street and town officials and neighborhood committee officials

This afternoon, Shanghai Municipal Party Secretary Chen Jining met with New Zealand Prime Minister Johns Hopkins. Chen Jining, on behalf of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, Municipal Government, and the people of the whole city, warmly welcomes the visit of Premier Hopkins and his delegation to Shanghai. He said that China and New Zealand are important partners in cooperation, and practical cooperation in various fields brings benefits to the people of both countries.Shanghai, as a central city of China's economy and a frontier window of reform and opening up, is accelerating the construction of an international economic, financial, trade, shipping, and technological innovation center. Willing to make greater local contributions to the continuous advancement of the China Singapore comprehensive strategic partnership under the strategic guidance of the leaders of both countries. Hope both parties can better grasp digital transformation and green development

Since the launch of theme education, Shanghai has closely adhered to the word "practical" and effectively, orderly, and solidly promoted various work. In the process of strengthening "reality", it is particularly emphasized to do a good job in "linking" articles. Last week, the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee Theme Education Special Learning Seminar, the Municipal Party Committee Center Group Learning Meeting, and the Municipal Party Committee Theme Education Leadership Group Meeting were held successively, emphasizing the importance of "focusing on the transformation of research results, strengthening linkage and consultation, and achieving practical results". At the meeting, Chen Jining, Secretary of the Shanghai Municipal Party Committee, emphasized the word "lian" and emphasized the need to consciously use "lian" as a thinking method, working method, and promotion method. In terms of thematic education arrangements, "joint" means multiple specific work requirements - joint learning should strengthen mutual learning and learning, improve the perspective of problem-solving, and broaden the perspective of problem-solving

The symposium on celebrating the 102nd anniversary of the founding of the CPC and the thematic education seminar in Shanghai were held this morning. Before the meeting, Chen Jining, Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee, Li Jinbin, Leader of the Fifth Central Guidance Group, Gong Zheng, Deputy Secretary of the Municipal Party Committee and Mayor, Dong Yunhu, Chairman of the Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, and Party members and officials of the Municipal Party Committee, Standing Committee of the Municipal People's Congress, Municipal Government, and Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference collectively visited the site of the First National Congress of the Communist Party of China with great respect, revisited the oath of joining the Party, remembered the original aspiration and mission, and worked tirelessly. Chen Jining emphasized that adhering to arming the entire party with scientific theories is a fine tradition of our century old party constantly moving from victory to victory. Perseverance in tempering the Party spirit is an important guarantee for maintaining the progressiveness and purity of the Party and the political nature of Communists.

Yesterday afternoon, the "2023 Shanghai Think Tank Forum to Create High Quality Life in Yangtze River Delta Cities" was held, and the "Evaluation and Analysis Report on High Quality Life in Yangtze River Delta Cities" was released by the Shanghai Development Research Institute of the Municipal Party School. "In the '14th Five Year Plan' and the 2035 Vision Goal Outline, cities in the Yangtze River Delta have placed the improvement of people's quality of life in an important position, and have put forward new target requirements for creating high-quality life." Zeng Jun, Vice President of the Municipal Party School, said that the current integrated development of the Yangtze River Delta is accelerating. With the continuous improvement of facility connectivity, resource sharing, and collaborative governance, regional integration is expected to bring huge dividends to the creation of high-quality life in cities in the Yangtze River Delta. This report measures the living standards of 17 major cities in the Yangtze River Delta region using a comprehensive index method, ranking in the top ten

On June 27th, the United Front Work Department of the Municipal Party Committee and the Municipal Ethnic and Religious Affairs Bureau held an on-site meeting for the "Home in Shanghai" theme practice activity and a promotion meeting for the compilation of historical materials for the "Three Communications" in Shanghai. At the meeting, a signing ceremony and certificate issuance ceremony were also held for the Shanghai Research Base for Strengthening the Awareness of the Chinese National Community. Chen Tong, member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Party Committee and Minister of the United Front Work Department, attended the meeting and delivered a speech.We should combine theme education, carefully study and deploy, and solidly promote the implementation of the "Home in Shanghai" theme practice activities. To anchor mutual embedding and integration, six key tasks should be implemented through pairing and family recognition, co construction between local schools, and community integration

On June 28th, the Party Group of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference held a theoretical learning center group learning meeting, focusing on "strengthening the 'four major functions' as the guide and accelerating the construction of a modern economic system". Gu Jun, Deputy Secretary General of the Municipal Government and Director of the Municipal Development and Reform Commission, combined with the study and implementation of the spirit of the 20th National Congress of the Communist Party of China and the deployment requirements of the Municipal Party Committee, gave in-depth explanations on the central government's development positioning for Shanghai, the central government's requirements for strengthening the "four major functions" of Shanghai, Shanghai's progress and achievements in building a modern economic system, and introduced important measures for Shanghai to accelerate the construction of a modern economic system in the next step. The meeting pointed out that we must deeply grasp the significant and far-reaching significance of accelerating the construction of a modern economic system, effectively position Shanghai's urban functions, deeply practice the whole process of people's democracy, and better assist Shanghai in exploring social democracy as a leading city

On June 28th, the Municipal Political Consultative Conference held the third meeting of the 14th Standing Committee, focusing on the theme of "strengthening the concept of full chain innovation, creating a 'nuclear explosion point' with innovative policy significance and leading the trend of the track". At the meeting, Cao Zhenquan, a member of the Standing Committee of the Municipal Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, delivered a keynote speech on behalf of the Science and Technology and Education Committee. From the four aspects of "strategy, tactics, combat effectiveness, and achievements", he proposed strengthening the planning of innovation systems, accelerating mechanisms throughout the entire innovation chain, establishing a multi-party integration risk sharing mechanism, and building innovative "nuclear explosion points" by stacking advantages. Members of the Standing Committee of Zhang Lei, Zhu Yun, Mao Dali, Cheng Jinhua, Yang Rong, Yao Jinren, Xu Jiming, and Fang Qizhong respectively put forward suggestions from the aspects of building world-class new research and development institutions, improving the science and technology finance system, improving the classification and evaluation mechanism of science and technology talents, and introducing new models of science and technology incubators nationwide