Shanghai's Industrial Investment Extends Double-Digit Growth Into 21st Month
Jin Yezi
DATE:  Jan 16 2020
/ SOURCE:  yicai
Shanghai's Industrial Investment Extends Double-Digit Growth Into 21st Month Shanghai's Industrial Investment Extends Double-Digit Growth Into 21st Month

(Yicai Global) Jan. 15 -- Industrial investment in Shanghai, such as Tesla's first overseas assembly line, has maintained double-digit gains for 21 months in a row, according to the city's mayor.

Investment in the eastern Chinese city's industry jumped 11.3 percent last year, Ying Yong told the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference in Shanghai today. The five-day meeting, which began on Jan. 13, is the city's most important annual political event.

The government of China's largest industrial city has put forward a series of policy measures to stabilize growth, promote consumption, cement foreign trade, as well as attract and secure investment, which is an important reason for the sustained growth, Ying said in the municipal government's work report released at the meeting.

One of last year's high-profile projects was Tesla's USD5 billion Gigafactory located in the Lin-gang special area of the Shanghai Free Trade Zone. A year ago, construction had just started on the plant. Earlier this month, it began making its first vehicle deliveries.

Tesla's plant is expected to lead a new round of growth in Shanghai's automobile industry, Tao Chuanliang, standing deputy dean of the CCID Advanced Manufacturing Research Institute, told Yicai Global.

With the further application of new technologies such as artificial intelligence and the industrial internet in traditional industries, the integration of emerging industries and traditional manufacturing is expected to accelerate, Tao added.

The work report pointed out that Shanghai's economic and social development continued to be stable last year. Despite the high base and increasing downward pressure on the economy, the city's gross domestic product still rose by more than 6 percent.

Editors: Tang Shihua, Peter Thomas 

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Keywords:   Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference,Ying Yong,Shanghai,Industrial investment