UNIDO Director General commends the 2022 Shanghai City Promotion Conferenc

联合国工业发展组织总干事格尔德·穆勒以录制视频的形式发表致辞。穆勒感谢上海市人民政府的邀请，也祝贺工发组织与上海市政府在过去21年建立了长期的合作关系。UNIDO 上海 ITPO的成功是双方密切合作的最好案例。在工发组织“创新驱动进步”的愿景下，我们支持各国以促进数字化和绿色经济转型的方式实现产业化。工发组织高度赞赏中国对联合国实施可持续发展目标，特别是关于产业、创新和基础设施的可持续发展目标九（SDG9）的支持。本次活动的主题是“加强全球投资促进伙伴关系”，这正是UNIDO 上海 ITPO所做的工作。上海充满活力的创新生态系统促进了与世界各地企业和机构的深入合作。工发组织和上海市人民政府在促进投资以实现可持续发展目标方面有着共同的目标。

上海市委书记陈吉宁致辞

会上，陈吉宁指出，上海作为中国最大的经济中心城市，在开放的全球经济体系中扮演着重要角色。上海是全球要素资源配置的重要枢纽，在上海的各类企业能够高效利用国际国内两个市场、两种资源，更好统筹发展在岸业务和离岸业务，实现连接全球、买卖全球、服务全球。上海是科技创新和产业变革的战略前沿，拥有先进的科研基础设施、丰富的人才资源、海量的应用场景、完善的产业配套，为创新创业提供有力支撑，为企业发展打开无限可能。上海是高水平对外开放的开路先锋，正致力于从要素流动型开放向制度型开放转变，提供更高水平的开放制度供给，为企业发展创造更多平台、更好条件。

上海市委副书记、市长龚正作主旨推介

龚正介绍了上海最新发展情况，围绕坚定不移走解放思想之路、深化改革之路，走面向世界之路、扩大开放之路，走打破常规之路、创新突破之路，分享了上海加快建设具有世界影响力的社会主义现代化国际大都市的相关举措。他说，上海将着力建设高标准市场体系，激发市场主体活力，营造市场化、法治化、国际化一流营商环境。

成立21年来，UNIDO 上海 ITPO致力于建设全球高能级交流合作平台，已助力世界人工智能大会、中国国际进口博览会、全球工业互联网大会、中国（上海）国际技术进出口交易会、一带一路城市大会等国际大会的成功举办；实现技术项目对接，成立联合国工发-上海交通大学绿色增长联合研究院，首创发起产业技术创新和国际合作计划（WiiTs）倡议，推动可持续技术的全球化落地与应用；赋能影响力投资，开展“中国城市园区/主题园区运营高级研修班专业培训项目。

未来，UNIDO 上海 ITPO将以“为社会各界提供合作推动包容和可持续产业发展的公共服务平台，全方位促进数字化转型”为发展目标，推动技术转移与产业合作，加强与产业资源的联通网络，赋能技术合作新模式，加强科技创新策源功能。UNIDO 上海 ITPO将通过聚焦长三角地区的项目活动来丰富ITP网络的整体协同效应，配合UNIDO国家伙伴方案（PCP）规划广泛参与相关地域的合作，支持“第三个非洲工业发展十年”（IDDA III），持续推广工发组织成果和标准，切实成为地方政府培养投资促进人才队伍的专业赋能机构，持续推动区域绿色增长转型。

On the occasion of the 5th China International Import Expo held in Shanghai, the 2022 Shanghai City Promotion Conference themed "Embrace the Expo - Share the Future" was held on Nov. 6th at the World Meeting Room located in the North Bund, sending out a warm invitation to the world that Shanghai is firmly expanding its opening and welcoming global enterprises and talents to come to Shanghai. The conference is a warm invitation to the world to welcome enterprises and talents from all over the world to come to Shanghai. Municipal Party Secretary Chen Jining attended the conference and delivered a speech, while Deputy Municipal Party Secretary and Mayor Gong Zheng made a keynote presentation. The United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO) Shanghai Investment Promotion Centre (ITPO Shanghai) was invited to attend.

The Director-General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Gerd Müller, delivered a speech in the form of a recorded video. Under the vision of creating a world of sustainable economic development and equitable progress, UNIDO is committed to promoting and accelerating sustainable industrial development in developing countries and economies in transition. UNIDO's recently released Industrial Development Report 2022: The Future of Industrialization in the Post-Pandemic Era states that environmental sustainability and social inclusion must be key components of industrial policy around achieving the Sustainable Development Goals in the post-epidemic era. Sustainable energy solutions, circular economy models and more economical, energy-efficient and environmentally friendly production methods are bound to become the mainstream of industrial development. As a technological trend that cannot be ignored, advanced digital manufacturing technologies will provide a powerful technological boost for resilient economic development in the post-epidemic era.

UNIDO Technology and Investment Promotion Office (Shanghai, China)/Shanghai Investment Promotion Center (UNIDO ITPO Shanghai/SIPC), established in 2001, is a tripartite partnership between the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, the Ministry of Commerce of China and the Shanghai Municipal Government, aiming to take advantage of UNIDO's global network and headquarters resources to promote foreign investment and technology into China, while promoting Chinese capital and technology to other developing countries and economies in transition. The main tasks of ITPO Shanghai/SIPC are to build a two-way investment platform, promote global technology cooperation, enhance investment competitiveness, optimize the business environment, provide international public goods, and create effective investment empowerment.