Deputy Director of the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, Qu Wei: The city has gathered more than 120 brain-computer interface enterprises, and 3 companies have successively initiated IPOs.

At the media briefing for the 2026 Brain-Computer Interface Conference, Qu Wei, deputy director of the Shanghai Municipal Science and Technology Commission, introduced that Shanghai has produced the world's first invasive brain-computer interface medical device and completed the world's first prescription, filling an unmet clinical need for the treatment of chronic spinal cord injury. Meanwhile, five other innovative products have entered registration clinical trials or the application stage. In terms of industrial agglomeration and entity cultivation, China's first brain-computer interface industrial cluster, "Brain Intelligence World," is accelerating its agglomeration momentum. Shanghai has gathered more than 120 brain-computer interface enterprises citywide, with cumulative financing exceeding 4 billion yuan during the year, and three enterprises have successively launched IPOs.