Shanghai-Chongming Government Document [2025] No. 9
To all township and town people’s governments, all commissions, offices, and bureaus of the District Government, all units directly under the District Government, and relevant municipal departments operating in Chongming:
The “Action Plan for Reform, Innovation, and Development of the Chongming Park in the Zhangjiang High-Tech Zone (2025–2026)” is hereby issued to you. Please implement it conscientiously.
People’s Government of Chongming District, Shanghai
April 14, 2025
Action Plan for Reform, Innovation, and Development of the Chongming Park in the Zhangjiang High-Tech Zone
To implement the “Several Opinions on Promoting Reform, Innovation, and Development in the Zhangjiang High-Tech Zone and Building a World-Leading Science and Technology Park” and the “Action Plan for Accelerating the Construction of a World-Leading Science and Technology Park in the Zhangjiang High-Tech Zone (2023–2025),”to strengthen the driving role of institutional and mechanism reforms, shape the core functions of the park’s distinctive development, stimulate the vitality of the innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem, and promote the reform, innovation, and development of the Chongming Park of the Zhangjiang High-Tech Industrial Development Zone (hereinafter referred to as “Chongming Park”), this Action Plan is hereby formulated.
I. Main Objectives
With the construction of a world-leading marine science and technology island, a green and low-carbon island, and a future smart island as the main focus, and with the park’s distinctive development at its core, this plan aims to establish a professional and efficient management and operation mechanism for the park; build an industrial cluster led by shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment and underpinned by green and low-carbon development; and foster a vibrant innovation and entrepreneurship ecosystem.By 2026, Chongming Park will feature more distinct industrial characteristics, a greater concentration of innovation resources, more efficient professional services, and a more comprehensive innovation ecosystem, thereby providing strong support for the Shanghai Zhangjiang High-Tech Industrial Development Zone’s efforts to build a world-leading science and technology park.
—High-quality industrial development will reach new heights. The distinctive characteristics of the leading industries will become more pronounced; the level of self-reliance and international competitiveness of the shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment industrial chains will be significantly enhanced; and the green, low-carbon, and intelligent computing power industries will be accelerated.By 2026, the total scale of the park’s leading industries will reach 47 billion yuan; the number of high-tech enterprises with valid certifications will reach 200; three “unicorn” and “hidden champion” enterprises will be cultivated; and labor productivity will reach 290,000 yuan per person.
— The concentration of innovation resources has reached a new level. Led by the Shanghai Changxing Marine Laboratory and other initiatives, the construction and deployment of innovation platforms—including high-level scientific research platforms, high-caliber R&D institutions, and high-quality incubators—are accelerating, and high-caliber innovation and entrepreneurship talent is rapidly converging.By 2026, corporate R&D expenditure as a percentage of revenue will reach 3.75 percent; the number of high-value invention patents per 10,000 people will exceed 120; and the number of PCT patent applications will reach 8.
— The professionalization of park services has reached a new level. Entering a phase of rapid transportation led by rail transit, high-quality industrial facilities, commercial amenities, and public infrastructure are being rapidly improved. Professional service institutions and platforms are rapidly clustering, the “R&D—incubation—acceleration—industrialization” chain is being accelerated, and the innovation ecosystem continues to improve.By 2026, support the Changxing Marine Laboratory in establishing one proof-of-concept platform; foster the Smart Island Data Industrial Park to establish one municipal-level incubator; create one to two industrial accelerators and a shared testing and inspection platform focused on the offshore engineering equipment sector; and add 340,000 square meters of standardized factory space.
II. Key Tasks
(I) Deepen Reform of the Park’s Management System
1. Improve management systems and mechanisms. Strengthen the district-level primary responsibility by establishing the Chongming Park Joint Conference on Reform, Innovation, and Development. The conference will be led by the principal leader of the district government as chairperson, with a deputy district head serving as vice-chairperson, and the principal leaders of relevant district government commissions, offices, bureaus, and district-owned state-owned enterprises serving as members. This body will coordinate the advancement of the park’s development planning, spatial layout, industrial cultivation, and policy formulation; resolve major issues arising during the park’s development and construction; andand make decisions on major projects and key tasks within the park. Enhance the professional, market-oriented, and international standards of the Changxing Enterprise Group, Dongtan Construction Group, and Eco-Enterprise Group, and strengthen specialized services such as professional investment promotion, business incubation, technology transfer, professional training, and investment and financing.
2. Deepen strategic cooperation between central and local governments. Establish and improve a regular working exchange mechanism between central and local governments ; explore incorporating central state-owned enterprises (SOEs) based in Chongming into the Joint Conference on Reform, Innovation, and Development of the Chongming Park; support central SOEs in establishing regional headquarters and business subsidiaries in the Chongming Park; and optimize the park’s industrial chain layout in sectors such as shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment, as well as green and low-carbon industries.Encourage central SOEs to participate in the park’s development and construction, deepen cooperation between central SOEs and local authorities in areas such as regional transformation, joint development, and industrial clustering, and establish close, stable, and in-depth strategic partnerships.
(2) Building a Distinctive Industrial System for the Chongming Park
3. Prioritize the development of the shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment sector as the leading industry. Leveraging leading enterprises such as Jiangnan Shipyard, Hudong-Zhonghua, COSCO Shipping, and Zhenhua Heavy Industries, vigorously develop supporting industries for key components of high-value-added vessels, including liquefied natural gas (LNG) carriers, ultra-large liquefied gas carriers, ultra-large container ships, and floating LNG storage and regasification units (FLGSS),and actively cultivate leading enterprises in fields such as LNG cryogenic valves, pump towers, and insulation boxes.Strengthen the manufacturing of deep-sea and offshore equipment, the materials support for such equipment, and the application of Beidou technology to empower deep-sea and offshore equipment; attract component manufacturers for ships and offshore engineering equipment, such as semi-submersible and jack-up drilling/production platforms and deep-sea floating production, storage, and offloading (FPSO) units.Deepen the integrated application of “5G + Industrial Internet,” promote high-level empowerment through artificial intelligence, and accelerate the widespread adoption of digital information technology and the Industrial Internet in shipbuilding, offshore engineering equipment, and smart manufacturing.
4. Build distinctive green and low-carbon industries. Promote the industrialization of green and low-carbon technologies. Relying on the Shanghai Carbon Neutrality Technology Innovation Alliance, establish a carbon neutrality technology innovation center, a carbon neutrality technology innovation incubation base, and an industrial R&D platform; promote the construction of carbon neutrality technology innovation test bases and demonstration bases for achievements; accelerate the implementation of green and low-carbon technology applications; and build green and low-carbon demonstration parks.Leveraging Chongming’s status as a key strategic hub for Shanghai’s deep-sea and offshore wind power and centralized photovoltaic projects, we will focus on the “power + energy storage + computing power” new power utilization system to accelerate the R&D and large-scale application and promotion of key software and hardware products in the computing power industry,promote the coordinated layout of offshore wind power bases and the computing power industry, increase the proportion of renewable energy used in the computing power industry, enhance the efficiency of green energy utilization, achieve the optimized allocation and circular use of energy, and advance the digital, intelligent, and green development of the park.
5. Implement a tiered cultivation program for technology enterprises. With the goal of fostering world-class technology-leading enterprises, establish and improve a tiered cultivation system comprising “technology-based small and medium-sized enterprises—high-tech enterprises—technology ‘little giants’—unicorns—technology-leading enterprises.”Introduce a series of industrial support policies, such as the “Implementation Measures for Promoting Scientific and Technological Innovation in the Construction of the Chongming World-Class Ecological Island,” to provide policy support—including recognition and cultivation incentives as well as R&D expense incentives—for incubating and nurturing technology enterprises, certifying high-tech enterprises, “Specialized, Refined, Distinctive, and Innovative” enterprises, and “Little Giant” enterprises, and organizing innovation and entrepreneurship activities. Actively foster unicorn enterprises andand “gazelle” enterprises.
(3) Optimizing the Spatial Resource Layout of Industrial Parks
6. Strengthen dynamic spatial adjustments within the park. Enhance the coordinated layout of industrial resources in the Chongming Park, focusing on sectors such as shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment, green and low-carbon industries, and intelligent computing.Conduct performance evaluations of industrial land use in the Chongming Park, establish and implement a dynamic adjustment mechanism, and re-plan the industrial positioning of sub-parks and plots characterized by “small-scale, scattered, and low-level” industries. Adjust the planning scope of the Chongming Park to incorporate high-quality plots.
7. Revitalize existing spatial resources. Integrate the spatial resources of industrial facilities to provide pilot-scale and experimental production spaces, thereby addressing production-related challenges faced by science and technology innovation enterprises as they progress from R&D and design to commercial application.Encourage existing industrial land within the park to increase floor area ratios and enhance efficiency; support “zero-land-increase” technological upgrades to improve land-use efficiency. Strictly implement industrial project entry and exit mechanisms and enforce full-lifecycle supervision of industrial land. Orderly advance the acquisition, storage, and preparation of park land to secure greater space for future high-quality industrial projects.
(IV) Comprehensively Enhance the Park’s Professional Service Capabilities
8. Strengthen the development of key scientific research platforms. Focusing on the shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment sectors, we will continue to optimize the layout of scientific facilities and research platforms. Priority support will be given to the construction of the Shanghai Changxing Marine Laboratory, which will conduct integrated and systematic scientific research in four key areas: smart manufacturing and smart ships; green propulsion and marine equipment; deep-sea equipment and resource development; and underwater exploration and comprehensive stealth technology.Encourage key laboratories, research institutes, and leading enterprises to form innovation consortia to jointly tackle key core technologies in the shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment sectors, and accelerate the establishment of the Shanghai Research Center of the Hanjiang Laboratory within the Shanghai Changxing Marine Laboratory.
9. Improve public technology service platforms. Leveraging the concentration of research institutions and leading enterprises in the Chongming Park, support universities, research institutes, and enterprises in jointly building proof-of-concept platforms in fields such as ship and offshore engineering equipment manufacturing; strengthen supporting services such as small-scale and pilot-scale testing platforms; promote the construction of offshore testing grounds for marine engineering equipment; and improve the full-chain scientific and technological innovation service system covering “R&D—experimentation—testing—production.”Leverage the innovation resource networks of leading shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment enterprises—which span the city and the nation—to establish online platforms for professional services, thereby providing high-quality specialized services to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in the shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment industrial chain within the Chongming Park.
10. Advance the development of demonstration application scenarios. Accelerate the development of “first-of-its-kind” application scenarios for digital and low-carbon technologies. Leveraging Chongming’s smart agricultural digital application scenarios, introduce a national-level digital agriculture innovation center to conduct research and development on zero-carbon facility agriculture standards, as well as technology demonstrations and educational training, thereby promoting the digital and low-carbon development of agriculture.Focus on building a green and low-carbon economic model, establish a green and low-carbon information system, advance the development of a carbon emissions monitoring system within the park, and strengthen the application and promotion of low-carbon scenarios within the park.
11. Improve the park’s comprehensive support services. Enhance the park’s public service capabilities, intensify reforms of the “one-stop service window,” and establish a “one-stop” comprehensive science and technology innovation service window. Introduce professional service institutions offering technology consulting, intellectual property services, legal consulting, tax consulting, and financial services. Optimize the transportation network and promote “seamless connections” between high-speed rail and rail transit stations.Strengthen housing support services for talent by supporting park enterprises in utilizing their own idle land, park supporting land, and existing idle buildings to construct, build as part of other projects, or renovate talent apartments.Promote the construction of commercial complexes such as Changxing Sunshine Plaza, Fusheng Life Plaza, and High-Speed Rail Town, and optimize the park’s living services—including housing, education, healthcare, culture, sports, and entertainment.
(5) Improving the Park’s Innovation and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem
12. Build high-end specialized incubation platforms. Advance the construction of the “Changxing Ocean Home” technology enterprise incubator to high standards ; establish in-depth cooperation with research platforms such as the Changxing Ocean Laboratory, relevant research institutes within the China State Shipbuilding Corporation (CSSC) system, and the Shanghai Ship Research Institute; incubate and nurture cutting-edge technology enterprises; and create a high-end specialized incubator in the field of shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment.Support the development of the Smart Island Data Industry Incubator by establishing mechanisms for the discovery, validation, refinement, and incubation of digital technology application projects (technologies), and provide comprehensive startup support services. Encourage leading enterprises to open their supply chains to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs), leveraging the ecosystems of these leading enterprises to foster the incubation of SME startups.
13. Accelerate the deep integration of science, technology, and finance. Explore the establishment of an industry alliance of private equity managers, attract fund management companies to set up operations in the area, and regularly organize various financial salons, exhibitions, project roadshows, and other activities to build an interactive platform where financial institutions and enterprises can share information, directly communicate needs, facilitate bank-enterprise collaboration, and provide specialized services. Establish and improve a new “funds + industry + investment promotion” model to attract key projects through fund investments.Guide funds to invest early, in small-scale enterprises, in green projects, in hard technology, and for the long term, with a focus on supporting technology enterprises in the seed and startup stages within strategic emerging industries, and give priority to projects founded or co-founded by leading and high-level talent. Guide and assist enterprises in preparing applications for listing on the STAR Market.
14. Strengthen the recruitment and cultivation of industrial innovation talent. Relying on the Chongming Higher Education Park, we will strengthen cooperation with institutions such as Shanghai Jiao Tong University, continue to deepen the integration of industry and education, and actively cultivate innovation and entrepreneurship talent in fields such as shipbuilding and offshore engineering equipment, green and low-carbon technologies, and intelligent computing power.Encourage enterprises and universities to jointly establish industry-academia-research bases, and develop facilities such as postdoctoral research stations and graduate student internship bases in Chongming District. Improve talent development and training mechanisms, and actively participate in the national pilot program for reforming the training of master’s and doctoral students in engineering. Relying on the Chongming World-Class Eco-Island Talent Service Park, provide talent policy consultation and guidance to various sub-parks, and promote the delivery of talent services within the parks.
15. Expand opportunities for global cooperation and exchange. Actively organize events such as science and technology innovation-themed salons, conferences, and lectures centered on the park’s leading and distinctive industries. Encourage technology enterprises and talent within the park to actively participate in international science and technology innovation cooperation and innovation competitions, thereby enhancing the Chongming Park’s appeal to international technology enterprises and global innovation and entrepreneurship talent.Establish a number of practical training bases for college students in relevant majors, encourage key enterprises in the park to collaborate with universities worldwide, and provide college students with practical training and internship positions in their respective fields of study.
III. Support Measures
(I) Strengthen Organizational Guarantees
Strengthen unified leadership over the park’s construction and development. Fully leverage the organizational leadership and coordinating role of the Chongming Park Joint Conference on Reform, Innovation, and Development in determining the park’s development direction, formulating policies and plans, and making decisions on major matters. Reinforce the management functions of the Joint Conference Office and enhance coordination and collaboration among departments, local authorities, and the park.Improve mechanisms for central-local cooperation and city-district coordination; deepen strategic cooperation with central state-owned enterprises; and strengthen industrial innovation collaboration and public service support. Improve the park’s cooperative development mechanism; explore the “Zhangjiang R&D—Chongming Commercialization” model; and actively attract spillover projects from Zhangjiang.
(2) Strengthen Implementation
Clarify the division of responsibilities, implement the goals and tasks of the action plan in detail, develop a breakdown table for key tasks, and transform the action plan into quantifiable indicators, specific projects, and concrete initiatives; establish and improve a closed-loop management system covering “project initiation—advancement—supervision—evaluation.” Improve the statistical analysis system for the high-quality development of the Chongming Park, refine the statistics and monitoring of key indicators, and strengthen the tracking and evaluation of key tasks.
(3) Strengthen Policy Support
In accordance with Zhangjiang’s “one park, one policy” approach, ensure adequate district-level fiscal funding support.Prioritize the allocation of resources—including policies, projects, and platforms—to parks aligned with leading and competitive industries. Develop tailored service packages for key local leading enterprises and supply chain leaders. Support state-owned capital platforms in playing a more significant role in industrial incubation, professional services, and investment and financing. Intensify efforts to attract and cultivate urgently needed talent, and support such talent in purchasing homes and obtaining household registration.
(4) Strengthen Brand Promotion
Actively leverage the Zhangjiang High-Tech Zone’s promotional platforms to promote the “Marine Science and Technology Island” and “Green and Low-Carbon Island” brands. Actively tell the story of the Chongming Park by highlighting central-local cooperation, university-local collaboration, innovation platforms, industrial projects, and entrepreneurial talent.We will intensify external publicity and promotion efforts, seek support from municipal-level departments, and actively organize various events to expand our brand influence, enhance the attractiveness of our business environment, and strengthen our ability to attract and retain talent.
