Shanghai is the important economic, transportation, technology, industrial, financial, exhibition and shipping center in China, and  it is one of the largest metropolitan areas in the world. Shanghai Port has the highest cargo throughput and container throughput in the world, and it is a good coastal international port. Shanghai is also the location of the “China (Shanghai) Free Trade Pilot Zone”, the first free trade zone in mainland China. The Yangtze River Delta urban agglomeration formed by Shanghai, Jiangsu, Zhejiang and Anhui, and has become one of the six world-class urban agglomerations in the world.

Shanghai has a strong industrial gene, and has gathered a number of high-end service industries such as finance, shipping logistics, modern commerce, information services, cultural creativity, tourism exhibitions, etc., and has cultivated a number of advanced manufacturing industries such as automobiles, electronic information, equipment, steel, and petrochemicals. Shanghai has gradually formed an industrial space layout in which the central city is dominated by modern service industries and the suburbs are dominated by advanced manufacturing.

On the 7th Nov., Shanghai Economic and Information Committee published "Shanghai Industry Maps". The relevant person in charge of the Shanghai Economic and Information Committee said that they hope through the guidance of "Industry Maps" to provide effective service with all types of investors, promote the accurate matching between major projects and industrial maps,  guide social capital to focus on key areas, and accelerate the construction of industrial clusters, promotes the high-quality development of the economy and enhances the urban economic density.