On December 23, the Chinese Academy of Engineering Academic Symposium on Engineering Science and Technology and the 2025 China Optoelectronic Materials Conference opened in Putuo. With the theme of "Materials Leading · Smart Innovation in Optoelectronics," the conference brought together academicians of the two academies, industry experts, scholars, and entrepreneurs in the materials field to focus on the frontiers of optoelectronic materials and explore paths for innovative development.

      The Eighth Plenary Session of the 12th Shanghai Municipal Committee, held on December 22, established that during the "15th Five-Year Plan" period Shanghai will focus on building a "2+3+6+6" modern industrial system, with advanced materials and future materials respectively incorporated into the six emerging pillar industries and the six major future industries. Under the strategic arrangements of the state and the municipal party committee, the new materials industry is ushering in unprecedented development opportunities.

      The conference established the "Putuo District Industrial Development Strategic Advisory Committee," appointing as its first batch of members eight academicians and experts—Peng Shou, Qian Xuhong, Zhu Meifang, Huang Xianbo, Sun Baode, Shi Ying, Wang Liping, and Han Gaorong—aiming to pool top-level wisdom and provide strategic support for scientific decision-making and innovative development of the district's industries. In conjunction, the unveiling ceremony of the "National Glass New Materials Innovation Center Shanghai Center" was held; based in Putuo, the center will focus on the research and development of a new generation of key glass new materials to empower the upgrading of high-end manufacturing. At the conference, Putuo District also presented its district profile and investment environment.

      During the conference's keynote session, a number of academicians and experts shared frontier insights and practical achievements, charting the course for high-quality development in the materials field.

      The conference also set up eight thematic sub-venues—advanced glass materials, fibers and composite materials, optical communications and laser materials, integrated circuit materials, new display materials, advanced energy materials, new paradigms of materials research, and a youth science and technology forum—and held a series of activities including the "Optoelectronic Materials New Products and New Technologies Exhibition" and special research surveys by academicians and experts.