Regional and supply-chain research

Shanghai Company Structure Study

Shanghai Company Structure Study. A dated 1,131-record cohort study compares composition, parent sets and evidence coverage. Comparative structure study; archive date 2026-10-16.

Revision and archive snapshot: 2026-10-16

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Research findings

Comparative structure study

The largest recorded industry, Next-generation information technology, contains 419 records (37.0% of this 1,131-record cohort). The remaining cohort contains 712 records. The comparison concerns archive composition.

The recorded industry label Next-generation information technology accounts for 37.0% here (419/1,131), compared with 27.1% in the parent set (5,226/19,297), an absolute gap of 10.0 percentage points.

156/1,131 companies link to pages with existing source-supported excerpts (13.8% of the cohort). The other 975 records remain usable for archive composition, but do not support new operating case studies.

Company cohortDirectly linked pagesShare of public archiveArchive date
1,1311,1315.9%2026-10-16

An ID-deduplicated archive snapshot, not the whole market, current recognition or operating results.

Comparable sets and compositional differences

The parent set, All public archive records, contains 19,297 records. This cohort contributes 1,131 (5.9%); 18,166 records remain after excluding it.

CategoryCohort count/baseReference: All public archive recordsGap (pp)Representation ratioRest count/base
industry · Next-generation information technology419/1,131 · 37.0%5,226/19,297 · 27.1%+10.01.374,807/18,166
industry · Advanced equipment196/1,131 · 17.3%4,918/19,297 · 25.5%-8.20.684,722/18,166
chain role · Advanced equipment and industrial automation / Process equipment and inspection instruments171/1,131 · 15.1%4,085/19,297 · 21.2%-6.00.713,914/18,166
sub-industry · Functional materials and advanced-material platforms10/1,131 · 0.9%1,300/19,297 · 6.7%-5.90.131,290/18,166
industry · Advanced materials139/1,131 · 12.3%3,381/19,297 · 17.5%-5.20.703,242/18,166
chain role · Advanced materials / Basic and process materials112/1,131 · 9.9%2,854/19,297 · 14.8%-4.90.672,742/18,166
chain role · New energy and power equipment / Complete systems and use-case applications49/1,131 · 4.3%1,763/19,297 · 9.1%-4.80.471,714/18,166
industry · Biomedicine147/1,131 · 13.0%1,721/19,297 · 8.9%+4.11.461,574/18,166
sub-industry · Electronic assemblies and systems integration33/1,131 · 2.9%1,188/19,297 · 6.2%-3.20.471,155/18,166
sub-industry · Power transmission and distribution equipment9/1,131 · 0.8%752/19,297 · 3.9%-3.10.20743/18,166

Ratio of label participation, not market share; multi-label counts overlap.

Excluding this cohort, the recorded industry label Next-generation information technology covers 4,807/18,166 remaining records (26.5%), an absolute gap of 10.6 percentage points from this cohort.

Concentration and cross-sectional structure

The full industry distribution has 10 labels; the top 3 contain 762/1,131 records (67.4%).Other known labels contain 369 records.

For 1,131 records with known labels, the effective category count is 4.7, versus 10 actual labels. Definitions and scope are in the methodology.

Recorded labelRecordsShare of cohort
Next-generation information technology41937.0%
Advanced equipment19617.3%
Biomedicine14713.0%
Advanced materials13912.3%
Producer services988.7%
Energy conservation and environmental protection484.2%
New-energy vehicles443.9%
New energy and power equipment232.0%
Advanced chemicals100.9%
Light industry and textiles70.6%

Record counts do not rank supply capability or economic size.

The largest intersection, Next-generation information technology × Electronic information and digital technology / Core components and digital hardware, contains 181 records, or 43.2% of the 419 records carrying the Next-generation information technology label.

industrychain roleIntersection recordsCohort share
Next-generation information technologyElectronic information and digital technology / Core components and digital hardware18116.0%
Next-generation information technologyElectronic information and digital technology / Digital software and industrial services11610.3%
Advanced materialsAdvanced materials / Basic and process materials998.8%
Advanced equipmentAdvanced equipment and industrial automation / Process equipment and inspection instruments897.9%
BiomedicineBiomedicine and medical devices / Complete systems and use-case applications726.4%
Next-generation information technologyAdvanced equipment and industrial automation / Process equipment and inspection instruments383.4%
Energy conservation and environmental protectionEnergy conservation, environmental protection and resource recycling / Complete systems and use-case applications282.5%
Producer servicesAdvanced equipment and industrial automation / Process equipment and inspection instruments262.3%

A cell contains company IDs carrying both labels. It does not establish procurement, supply or investment relationships between firms. Multi-label cells may overlap.

This page displays 8 of the full cross-tab’s 121 non-empty cells; the other 113 remain in the analysis.

Evidence coverage and strength of conclusions

Record fieldNon-empty/cohortCompletion
Company name1,131/1,131100.0%
reporting jurisdiction1,131/1,131100.0%
industry1,131/1,131100.0%
Recorded products1,131/1,131100.0%
sub-industry1,131/1,131100.0%
Chain labels1,131/1,131100.0%

Non-empty fields are not necessarily accurate or supported by originals.

Scope of source supportCount
Profiles with source-supported excerpts156
Distinct corresponding companies156
Reviewed Chinese/English paragraph pairs157

Counts concern existing reviewed bilingual excerpts, not re-certification of originals or entire reports.

Transparent rule reminderRecordsCohort share
Contains registration-narrative wording90.8%
Only generic operations vocabulary remains201.8%
Non-empty text shorter than five characters20.2%

A rule hit prioritises review; it does not establish that the entire field is wrong. One record can trigger several rules.

Intersection with 2026 local lists

236 of this cohort’s 1,131 records link through existing company-ID mappings to 2026 lists from all jurisdictions (20.9%). This intersection measures list linkage, not successful recognition or company growth.

Observation setList recordsNew-applicant recordsReview recordsMapped company IDs
National list records linked to this cohort’s IDs23612224236
All list records in the same reporting jurisdiction750527223750

The two rows are different sets; subtraction does not establish gaps or relocation. List rows are not new companies or final recognition.

Stored 2026 local-recommendation records, sources and stage definitions

Provincial context and cohort interpretation

The provincial macro sources below use a different denominator from this 1,131-record archive cohort; they do not establish individual operating results.

How can a combined strategic-emerging-industry share be resolved into verifiable product groups?

In 2025, Shanghai’s industrial strategic emerging sectors—including new energy, high-end equipment, biotechnology, next-generation information technology, new materials, new energy vehicles, and energy-saving and environmental protection—accounted for 45.0% of gross industrial output above designated size. This multi-sector output share is neither a single industry’s market size nor a share of regional GDP. [1]

Interpretation and test conditions

Shanghai combines new energy, advanced equipment, biotechnology, information technology, materials, new-energy vehicles and environmental industries in an industrial-output share. That combined figure cannot rank the individual industries. Compare register categories and chain stages while keeping the aggregate definition separate from product structure. [1]

Across materials, equipment and finished products, the same technology term may describe different deliverables. Cross-check main products against chain positions. Material performance, equipment processing capability and finished-product uses each require their own source documents. [1]

Keep software and research services separate from manufacturing records. Register counts describe the specialisations of recorded firms; they cannot be divided into the industrial-output share to estimate company contributions. Check overlapping industry labels and source coverage next. [1]

Recorded roles and delivery checks

Delivery framework, stages and original sources

Related studies and shared records

Shared archive count with Shanghai Company Archive Study: 1,131. Both pages use exactly the same company IDs, not independent evidence sets. Compare study

Shared records with Shanghai / Next-generation information technology Company Structure Study: 419; records in this cohort but outside that set: 712. The intersection/union ratio is 37.0%, a measure of label overlap rather than business collaboration. Read comparison

Shared records with Shanghai / 4th batch Company Structure Study: 272; records in this cohort but outside that set: 859. The intersection/union ratio is 24.0%, a measure of label overlap rather than business collaboration. Read comparison

Company samples and record links

CompanyJurisdictionRecorded industry
Shanghai Taiyang Technology Co., Ltd.ShanghaiNext-generation information technology
CRRC SMD (Shanghai) LtdShanghaiAdvanced equipment
Shanghai Sunqiaoyijia Tech-agriculture Corp.Ltd.ShanghaiProducer services
XYZ Robotics China INC.ShanghaiAdvanced equipment
Shanghai Hailong Sai Neng New Materials Co., Ltd.ShanghaiAdvanced materials
Shanghai Fine Chemical Co., Ltd.ShanghaiAdvanced materials
Shanghai Yingfang Software Co., Ltd.ShanghaiNext-generation information technology
Shanghai Haida Communication Co., Ltd.ShanghaiNext-generation information technology

Stable-ID samples, not rankings; metrics use the full cohort.

Directly related profiles and reports

Methodology

Read ID deduplication, comparison, batch and evidence definitions

Sources cited on this page

  1. Shanghai: Statistical Communiqué on National Economic and Social Development in 2025 · 2026-03-30