The 2023 International Consumer Season and Shanghai "May 5th Shopping Festival" launch event and the International Consumer Center City Forum were held on the evening of the 29th at the World Reception Hall located on the North Bund of Shanghai. Minister of Commerce Wang Wentao gave a keynote speech at the International Consumer Center City Forum, pointing out that in the past two years, Shanghai, Beijing, Guangzhou, Tianjin, and Chongqing have been carrying out the cultivation and construction of international consumer center cities, and their internationalization level, consumption leadership, and central driving role have continued to improve. In the next step, the Ministry of Commerce will work with the cultivation cities to promote the cultivation and construction of international consumption center cities to achieve new leaps, set an example in recovering and expanding consumption, be a pioneer in promoting consumption upgrading, be a model in promoting high-level opening up, and lead in regional coordinated development, so as to make new exploration for comprehensively promoting Chinese path to modernization and make new contributions to accelerating the construction of a new development pattern. The 2023 International Consumption Season is one of the six major theme activities of the "Consumption Boosting Year" organized by the Ministry of Commerce from May to December nationwide. Through comprehensive linkage of "international and domestic, online and offline, government enterprises, central and local governments, and trade consumption", a series of consumption promotion activities are organized to enhance the internationalization, quality, and convenience level of consumption, and to facilitate the production and sales of high-quality goods and services worldwide, as well as exchange and cooperation, Promote consumption upgrading and potential release. The 4th Shanghai "May 5th Shopping Festival", which was launched synchronously, aims to create new customer groups, new supplies, and new scenarios, promote the linkage of shopping, culture and tourism, food, events, and exhibitions, and create a global consumption destination, a consumption gathering platform, and an urban consumption expo. In addition to holding the launch ceremony and achievement release ceremony, we will also set 12 benchmark activity IPs, launch 16 district "one district, one theme" activities, and several characteristic theme activities. We will explore a number of characteristic blocks, cultural landmarks, parks, terraces, and beautiful villages, and launch the "Shanghai Business Innovation Award" selection and recognition activity to collect a group of leading innovation projects, Let the May 5th Shopping Festival further become a "arena" and "experimental field" for urban commercial innovation. (New News Agency)