Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization released its software and information services 15th Five-Year plan, committing to build an open-source ecosystem and integrate with the global software-information industry. The plan names

2026-08-11

Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization released its software and information services 15th Five-Year plan, committing to build an open-source ecosystem and integrate with the global software-information industry. The plan names platforms including the Baiyulan Open Source Research Institute, OpenLoong and OpenDataLab to promote Shanghai-first launches of open-source projects across intelligent software, language corpora, algorithms, models, agents and humanoid-robot hardware/software; it endorses paid open-source and dual-license revenue models, supports firms’ commercial secondary development and aims to incubate open-source commercialization companies. The plan also seeks deeper international open-source cooperation and backing for local entities to participate in global open-source ecosystems and international rule-setting.