On the afternoon of May 13th, Shanghai Municipal Government held a press conference. Relevant leaders were invited to the conference, including Ren Huayuan, Director of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, Liu Min, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, Zhang Ying, Vice Chairman of Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization, Cheng Meihong, Deputy Director of Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism, Cai Bin, President Assistant of SAIC, and Zhang Yi, Vice President of Dingdong Maicai. These leaders introduced the "May 5 Shopping Festival" and answered questions. The press conference was presided over by Yin Xin, Deputy Director of Information Office of Shanghai Municipality.
Ms. Zhang introduced in the press conference that as one of the important activities of the May 5th Shopping Festival, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization organized the Information Consumption Festival from May 17 to June 17. At present, 148 activities have been organized, including four offline activities of information consumption business circle, community, campus and enterprise, involving more than 1,000 enterprises, covering more than 100 communities, more than 20 schools and nearly 10 business circles. Recently, the first China (Shanghai) Industrial Products Online Trade Festival in 2020 has been launched. A number of enterprises have launched thousands of new products, creating a new economic momentum and online new economic industrial chain ecosystem in the post-COVID-19 era, and promoting the resumption of production.
The Information Consumption Festival will focus on the "new era of digital enabling consumption", focusing on the digital new infrastructures and online new economy, and promoting "three products, three services and three scenarios" that the citizens have the most feeling and sense of acquisition. By organizing hundreds of activities and thousands of commodities, it will promote new manufacturing and new consumption, and stimulate the energy of information consumption.
In terms of three major products, the festival will focus on encouraging the upgrading consumption of new information products like 5G +, ICV and smart home appliances.
In terms of three major services, the festival will focus on expanding the consumption scale of online cloud services, smart health care services, online entertainment and other online new formats.
In terms of three scenarios, the festival will focus on the transformation and upgrading of online education, online culture and tourism, digital commerce and other online and offline integration scenarios, the new experience of information consumption will also be promoted.
As a national model city of information consumption, Shanghai advocates new ideas of information consumption, meets the new needs of citizens and builds a new market through the organization of activities. Focusing on 12 development priorities of online new economy of Shanghai, it is important to accelerate the development of digital new infrastructure represented by 5G, industrial Internet, artificial intelligence, cloud computing, block chain and big data, increase the innovation and integration of online new economy and digital new infrastructure, continue to innovate and upgrade, and build Shanghai into an online new economic development highland with international influence and domestic leadership.
