On December 24, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government Office announced the "Shanghai Medical Artificial Intelligence Development Work Plan (2025-2027)." This plan outlines the main tasks and objectives for the next three years, aiming to respond to the national strategic deployment of the "Artificial Intelligence +" initiative. By promoting the deep integration of medical innovation and artificial intelligence, Shanghai aims to become a globally influential hub for medical AI technology innovation, application demonstration, and industrial development, thus formulating this work plan.

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The plan emphasizes the importance of enhancing innovation capabilities. Shanghai will focus on cutting-edge fields of artificial intelligence, such as brain science and computational biology, increase fundamental research efforts, and encourage collaboration among major laboratories and medical institutions, striving for significant theoretical breakthroughs in relevant areas. Additionally, Shanghai will promote breakthroughs in algorithm technology and enhance computing power by building a public computing power platform to support the cluster development of intelligent computing resources.

The plan outlines tasks for building supporting platforms, which include establishing a new type of infrastructure for healthcare data, formulating data classification and application standards, constructing a large municipal health data platform, and promoting effective management and application of various medical data. Furthermore, Shanghai will focus on building a platform for AI drug research and development and a testing and validation center for medical AI to ensure the safety and efficacy of medical products.

The plan also specifies the broad application scenarios of medical AI in practice. It will prioritize the deep integration of AI with clinical medicine, such as clinical decision support, intelligent imaging diagnosis, smart surgery, and rehabilitation services. Additionally, it will promote the application of AI in traditional Chinese medicine and public health, enhancing the intelligent level of TCM diagnosis and treatment, and improving the emergency management capabilities for public health events.

Through this series of measures, the city of Shanghai hopes to vigorously promote the innovation and application of medical AI over the next three years, providing citizens with more efficient and precise medical services and advancing the high-quality development of health and wellness.

Key Points:

 🧠 Shanghai will increase basic research in cutting-edge AI fields and promote collaboration between research institutions and medical facilities.

🏥 A healthcare data infrastructure will be established, along with drug research and testing validation platforms to ensure the safety of medical products.

💡 Emphasis will be placed on the application of AI in clinical medicine, traditional Chinese medicine, and public health to enhance the intelligence level of medical services.