Putuo sees strong start in investment attraction at beginning of year

Putuo District has achieved a fast start in investment attraction at the beginning of the new year, recording 14.418 billion yuan (US$2.09 billion) in investment volume during January. The district attracted and facilitated 56 key projects in the month, a year-on-year increase of 108 percent.

Standing at the new starting point of the 15th Five-Year Plan period (2026-2030), Putuo District is accelerating the development of its "1+2+3" modern industrial system—elevating a trillion-yuan platform for bulk commodity trade centered on non-ferrous metals, cultivating two hundred-billion-yuan leading industry clusters in intelligent information and digital health, and laying out three ten-billion-yuan emerging tracks in digital advertising, technology services, and technology finance. The district is also advancing traditional industry upgrades and future industry cultivation as a whole.

Behind this strong start lies efforts under Putuo's integrated investment attraction and service mechanism.

Shanghai Guansong Honghua Automotive Sales and Service Co Ltd is launching a large-scale smart user center on Zhenbei Road. During the project's early planning stages, Wanli Subdistrict provided full-process guidance covering business registration and project planning adjustments. For challenges such as power capacity expansion and construction permits, the district coordinated with relevant departments to form a "rapid service response circle," efficiently resolving bottlenecks through streamlined approval processes.

The super user center, largest of its kind in Shanghai, has been completed. The subdistrict is working to attract enterprises in fields such as intelligent technology and new energy supporting industries to gather around the HarmonyOS Smart Mobility ecosystem, helping to form an industrial ecosystem.

The 2026 Putuo Investment Promotion Conference will be held this month, during which the district will showcase regional investment opportunities and facilitate the signing of a number of key projects.