Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology issued the city’s 15th Five-Year Plan for the software and information services industry, directing accelerated AI integration in software products and intelligent upgrades in high-value areas such as industrial CAD, engineering design and production scheduling. The plan calls for strengthening software capabilities in sensing, analysis, decision-making and execution, promoting enterprise technology upgrades, supporting wide use

2026-08-11

Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Information Technology issued the city’s 15th Five-Year Plan for the software and information services industry, directing accelerated AI integration in software products and intelligent upgrades in high-value areas such as industrial CAD, engineering design and production scheduling. The plan calls for strengthening software capabilities in sensing, analysis, decision-making and execution, promoting enterprise technology upgrades, supporting wide use of the Coding platform and building end-to-end intelligent R&D and production lines. It also proposes exploring treatment of token-related expenditures, data governance, and large-model deployment and retraining costs as eligible items for enterprise technical transformation support.