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A national innovation engine

Pudong has strengthened its technological capabilities and high-end industrial base, emerging as a national model for homegrown innovation. The share of fiscal spending devoted to science and technology has risen from 3.9 percent in 2020 to 9.2 percent, helping drive an average annual increase of 11.2 percent in total R&D investment.

State-backed scientific resources are concentrated in Pudong, which hosts 14 major research facilities and leads the Human Phenotype Project. Key breakthroughs include China’s first homegrown large passenger jet, the C919; the domestically built cruise ship Adora Magic City; and MicroPort’s Toumai four-arm laparoscopic robot, the country’s first commercialized surgical robot.

Pudong is anchored by three high-tech pillars — integrated circuits, biopharmaceuticals and artificial intelligence. Their output reached 832.3 billion yuan in 2024, with an average annual growth of 11.7 percent over the past three years. At the heart of Pudong’s innovation is Zhangjiang Science City, home to 24,000 technology firms and 550,000 professionals. Its annual revenue has risen 10.5 percent on average.




 

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