Shanghai: While three future industrial pilot zones begin taking shape in the city, Shanghai has been in consistent progress to build an innovative highland of future industries with an output value of 500 billion yuan by 2030, according to official sources.

In the past year, Shanghai launched a batch of detailed action plans for the industries of the future and compiled white papers for the promising businesses, paving the way for the city to take the lead in developing future industries across the nation, said Li Yuhong, an official with the Shanghai Commission of Economy and Informatisation.