Shanghai issued its 15th Five-Year Plan to accelerate new industrialization and
build a modern industrial system. The plan calls for rapidly expanding
intelligent computing capacity: develop high-performance, low-power, efficient
AI chips; strengthen cluster networking and cloud services; and explore
heterogeneous computing, optical computing and quantum AI architectures. It
directs optimization of computing infrastructure and construction of an urban area
compute network. The plan prioritizes next‑generation large-model R&D—targeting
architecture design and training optimization—and promotions coordinated
development of chips, large models and compute-cloud to build an indigenous
ecosystem. It also accelerates embodied-intelligence technology maturation and a
full-chain layout for intelligent robotics, improving key components and pushing
real-world deployment across industrial manufacturing, logistics and assembly,
retail, and healthcare domestic services.
