“Start again on the road of reform!” said Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang during the ongoing sessions of the National People’s Congress and the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.

“Shanghai must bear in heart its mission of serving the national strategies to nurture a high-quality growth, with the focus on transforming and upgrading industries,” Li said, urging the city to make new contributions to China’s development.

It is the mission for Shanghai — a vanguard city playing a leading role in China’s economic and social transformation.