Information Industry

　　In 2006, the city's information industry reported a total added value of 133.789 billion yuan, up 17.5% from the previous year and accounting for 13% of the city's GDP. The added value of the IT products manufacturing reached 81.343 billion yuan, representing a year-on-year growth of 17.2%. The figures with IT products sales and IT services stood at 2.491 billion yuan, up 14.9%, and 49.955 billion yuan, up 18.1%, respectively.

IT Infrastructure

　　In 2006, the city pumped a total of 29.625 billion yuan into the fixed assets of IT infrastructure, accounting for 7.5% of the city's total fixed assets investment. The city dug 2,451 kilometers of ducts for the integrated information pipelines, linking up 1,394 commercial buildings. The Internet bandwidth had been expanded to 40G, up 10G over the previous year. There were 9.57 million Internet users in the city and 3.352 million broadband users, up 1.54 million and 878,000, respectively. Meanwhile, there were 831 satellite stations in the city.

IT Application

　　The information technology has been applied to more fields, including public transport, social security, e-commerce and e-government.

Credit System

　　Shanghai is constantly improving the social credit system. As of the end of 2006, city authorities collected credit entries of 7.7 million citizens, a rise of 1.52 million year-on-year; and issued 6.43 million individual credit certificates, a rise of 1.83 million. The number of enterprises covered by the credit network reached 600,000.

Smart Traffic Information

　　The city further improved the system of collecting information on urban traffic. Shanghai launched the city’s traffic information center, downtown traffic monitoring system featuring three bridges and a cross-river tunnel, and a traffic diversion system featuring their nearby streets in 2006. As of the end of 2006, the city had sold 25.6806 million public transport smart cards for bus, taxi and subway, up by 5.9404 million over the same period a year ago, bringing in 1.006 billion yuan, up 21.5%.

Social Security Card

　　Issued by the municipal government, the IC card is designed to facilitate local residents in dealing with all types of personal affairs, such as employment, social insurance and social aid. By the end of 2006, the city had issued 10.0432 million such cards, 406,500 more than a year ago. The card's functions were expanded to election of delegates to the People’s Congress and bill payment supported by bank cards.

Citizen’s Mailbox

　　It is an e-mail service requiring real identity of a user. By the end of 2006, the number of registered users of the service hit 1.2426 million, up by 372,800 over a year ago. The system delivered 440 million messages to subscribers, conducted 77 online surveys, covering more than 460,000 people participants. Currently, the program offers citizens services for all aspects of their daily life.

E-Government

　　An e-government framework was established, comprising mainly of a public affairs Website, government affairs Website, and a government portal. The “Shanghai, China” portal Website has 11 main channels, including “Mayor’s Window,” “Policies and Regulations,” and some separate columns like “Government Spokesperson,” “Government Communiqués.” By the end of 2006, the home page of the portal Website registered 60.5334 million visits and the portal provided online services for 1,667 items. The public affairs Website features 39 items, and 444 city-level and 500 district-level organizations.

Government Information Bulletin

　　The city has further opened government information. In 2006, the city government voluntarily made public 48,800 items of its information and publicized 11,800 items according to the residents’ request. It received 7,533 requests to publish government information and agreed to open and partly open 79.4% pieces of the information requested. The city government spokesman system has been improved. A regular press conference is held every two weeks, and, when necessary, more will be held during the intervals. The city government spokesman’s press briefings are complemented by more on special topics held by leaders of each department, as well as online announcement and written versions of a speech. In the year, the city held 25 regular press meetings, featuring 40 items of government work including economic construction, social undertakings, government construction, urban construction and management. The regular press meetings answered 266 journalist questions that ended up in 862 news reports by domestic and overseas media outlets in the year.