Digital Kingdom Chaoting (Shanghai) Culture Media Co., Ltd., a Hollywood visual effects giant that has created Oscar-level visual legends such as "Titanic" and "Rejuvenation", settled in Jing'an District in October last year. Relying on the precise empowerment of regional industrial policies, the company quickly established in-depth cooperation with a number of upstream and downstream enterprises in the industrial chain, becoming one of the most iconic innovative forces in Jing'an's "audio-visual and static world" territory.
"As the core carrying area for Shanghai's ultra-high-definition audio-visual industry, Jing'an has international scientific and technological innovation standards, a connected internal and external business environment, and a series of favorable policies." A relevant person in charge of Digital Domain said that this provides an ideal ground for enterprises to use this as an axis to join hands with the upper, middle and lower reaches of the industry to advance local deployment and cross-domain collaboration driven by artificial intelligence – not only improving the production quality of ultra-high-definition audio and video, but also accelerating its implementation in consumer-level tracks such as e-commerce and cultural tourism.
This is one of the eye-catching results that reporters learned from the 2026 Jing'an District Enterprise High-Quality Development Conference held today (2nd). The conference revealed that Jing'an District will adhere to high-quality development in 2025. The district's GDP will exceed the 350 billion yuan mark, 4,511 projects will be introduced throughout the year, and new investment in projects above designated size will reach 68.457 billion yuan. High-end advantages such as open economy and headquarters economy will continue to be consolidated.
This year is the first year of the "15th Five-Year Plan". Jing'an has anchored the goal of building an important carrying area for the construction of Shanghai's "Five Centers", accelerating the construction of a "two axes, one belt and three areas" spatial pattern, and creating a "(3+3) + (1+3+X)" modern industrial system.
Connect resources into a network
At the scene, a group of benchmark subjects taking root in Jing'an and empowering development appeared together, outlining a prosperous picture of the regional economy with a diverse attitude. Companies such as Cathay Haitong Securities Co., Ltd., L'Oreal (China) Co., Ltd., and Louis Vuitton (China) Commercial Sales Co., Ltd. were awarded the "Jing'an District High-Quality Development Enterprise" for their outstanding contributions, demonstrating their benchmark image as industry leaders; a group of star companies that lead fashion consumption, deeply cultivate cultural and creative integration, and practice technological innovation are divided into The business cards of "Xingrui Pioneer", "Wenchao Zhiqing" and "Digital Intelligence Navigator" show the innovative vitality and development strength of their respective tracks; partners who inject momentum into regional investment collaboration appear as "outstanding partners"; key buildings that enable industrial agglomeration use the style of "excellent buildings" to demonstrate the carrying capacity and attractiveness of Jing'an's high-end carriers. Among them, the "Wenchao Zhiqing" exclusive display board brings together companies that deeply integrate business, cultural creativity, and technological innovation, and is highly consistent with the core layout of the regional "(3+3)+(1+3+X)" modern industrial system.
Companies are competing to bloom, and the power of capital has become a key catalyst. Taking Cathay Capital as an example, it has deeply integrated into regional development with the innovative model of "fund + industrial partners + ecological platform". In the direction of beauty and health, Cathay Beauty Future Fund (Cahui Beauty Fund) has completed registration and started investment in Jing'an. So far, it has completed two key layouts – strategic investments in Lin Qingxuan and Zhiyuan Pharmaceutical, respectively, to enter the high-end skin care and skin health tracks. At the same time, using the fund as a link, it has joined forces with the Jing'an District Investment Office, Jing'an Capital and "Beauty Innovation Jingjie" to build the Jing'an beauty and health ecosystem and continue to promote the gathering and implementation of projects, enterprises and industrial resources in Jing'an. In the direction of digital industry, Cathay and global industrial software giant Dassault Systèmes are promoting the construction of an industrial fund system in Jing'an. Cathay Future Intelligent Manufacturing Fund has been established in Jing'an, and has completed investment in Zhiweixingyi at the project level and released it to the public. This marks that the synergy of Jing'an's "digital industry ecology + industrial capital" is entering a replicable post-investment linkage stage.
"What we value most is not the single-point policy, but the 'combined certainty' provided by Jing'an." This is how the relevant person in charge of Cathay Capital explained the underlying logic of choosing Jing'an. This is not a single location option, but a high-density, cashable industrial ecology: it combines an international headquarters economy, top-level consumption scenarios, a mature professional service system, as well as clear direction guidance and strong execution capabilities for key industries. For investment institutions that emphasize industrial collaboration, Jing'an can significantly improve the efficiency from "investment" to "collaboration implementation" – making it easier to connect enterprises, chain owners, scenarios, professional services and cross-border resources into a network, allowing capital to truly become the "connector" and "accelerator" that connects the industrial chain.
Amplify the "siphon effect" and "multiplier effect"
The reporter learned that Jing'an is building a "1+8+18+X" integrated investment service system, creating a collaborative investment matrix for industrial departments, functional areas, and streets and towns, and deeply exploring multiple models such as industrial chain investment, map investment, and scenario investment, and continues to amplify the region's magnetizing effect on global leading companies and high-growth brands. Among them, Cathay Haitong Securities is committed to building a "Shanghai model" of aircraft carrier-level investment banks; the Jing'an District Government has joined hands with L'Oréal Group and Cathay Capital to establish the "Cathay Beauty Future Fund" to use capital as a link to help the clustered development of the beauty industry; the world's only LV "Louis" giant ship concept landmark has made a stunning appearance on Nanjing West Road, becoming a new fashion landmark in the city.
The rise of digital intelligence companies is accelerating, using AI and big data as engines to cultivate new productivity: Silang Technology released its self-developed MaPU architecture "Sky Dome" 3D scientific computer, achieving a phased breakthrough in the field of medical research and development; Jushuitan will be listed on the main board of the Hong Kong Stock Exchange in October 2025, becoming the first listed company in the domestic e-commerce SaaS ERP field. At the same time, the gathering of international and domestic brands such as Patagonia, Lecoco, and KEIGAN is accelerating, and regional development potential and innovation vitality continue to burst out.
As a key enterprise deeply involved in the field of smart travel, China Post Intelligent Travel has quickly integrated into the regional development ecology and achieved breakthroughs in business expansion, scene implementation, supporting services, etc. under the group-based precise services of industrial departments, streets and functional areas after landing in Jing'an; Yixian Ji With the empowerment and support of the district committee and government, the group continues to promote scientific research innovation and brand upgrading. Its global innovation R&D center has passed CNAS certification. In October 2025, China's first beauty innovation white paper was released at the "Beauty Creation Quiet World", demonstrating the core strength of China's beauty technology. This time, the two companies appeared as "Jing'an District High-Quality Development Enterprise", "Digital Intelligence Navigator" and "Xingrui Pioneer" respectively, which fully reflects Jing'an's strong attraction and strong empowerment of high-growth companies, and also allows companies to continue to release innovation momentum in a high-quality business environment.
At present, Jing'an District is based on the positioning of "International Jing'an, Excellent Urban District", anchors the goal of being an important hosting area of Shanghai International Science and Technology Innovation Center, accelerates the construction of a "two axes, one belt and three areas" spatial pattern, optimizes the spatial layout to drive upgrading of resource allocation, builds a solid carrier and broadens paths for precise investment promotion. The Nanjing West Road-Suhe Bay Central Vibrant Zone (CAZ) presents the charm of high-end services and fashionable consumption, the Daning "Three Life" Integrated Innovation Zone creates a livable, industrial and entrepreneurial cluster, and the Shibei International Science and Technology Innovation Zone deepens the industrial upgrading of the "cloud digital smart chain" – the three major areas work together to continuously amplify the "siphon effect" and "multiplier effect", providing strong support for industrial agglomeration.
Relying on the optimized spatial layout, Jing'an regards the construction of industrial carriers as the key to precise investment promotion, closely follows the "(3+3) + (1+3+X)" industrial system, and focuses on promoting the construction of three major cluster areas: "Data Communication Chain Valley", "Audio-visual Quiet World" and "Artistic Quiet World". By reducing the cost of enterprise innovation, accelerating the transformation of results, and smoothing the collaboration chain, Jing'an is striving to create a "gravitational field" for the integrated development of innovative ecology – so that every enterprise that settles here can find the soil for growth, collaborative partners and certainty of development.
