In accordance with the function of positioning and the industrial development planning of Shanghai city, information technology, modern biology and medicine, and new material technology industries are given development priority. With these three industries at the forefront, impetus is given to the optimization and upgrading of traditional industries, thus accelerating the application of high technology to the support industries.

According to the current global development trend of science and technology, and the China's development strategy regarding science and technology, the economy and its society, together with the status quo of the development of high and new technology industries in Shanghai, high and new technologies are divided into the following categories:

(1) Electronic information technology;

(2) Biological engineering technology and medical science;

(3) New materials technology and its application;

(4) Advanced manufacturing technology;

(5) Aerospace and aeronautical technology;

(6) Modern agricultural technology;

(7) New energy technology and high efficiency energy conservation;

(8) New technologies of environmental protection;

(9) Ocean engineering technology;

(10) Nuclear application technology, and

(11) Other new processes or new technology applicable to traditional industries.