On December 31, 2021, the website of American consumer news and business channel published a report entitled "Shanghai increases its investment in meta universe and brings it into the development plan". The full text is excerpted as follows: Shanghai, one of China's largest cities, is becoming serious about metauniverse, which has attracted great attention in 2021 because of its potential in building the next generation Internet. According to Chinese media reports, a plan released by Shanghai on December 30, 2021 contains the first reference to the meta universe. Metacosmic technology extends human interaction to the virtual world of three-dimensional avatar. In its 14th five year plan for the development of Shanghai's electronic information manufacturing industry, Shanghai Economic and Information Technology Commission said that metauniverse is one of the four frontier exploration fields. The plan points out that "the application of metauniverse in public services, business office, social entertainment, industrial manufacturing, safety production, electronic games and other fields is encouraged". The committee said that it plans to strengthen the forward-looking research and development of the basic capabilities of the underlying core technologies and support the tackling of key technologies such as real-time interaction, sensing technology and blockchain that meet the requirements of the metauniverse. The plan does not set a specific timetable or goal for the research and development of the meta universe. As Facebook, the American social networking giant, announced its name change to meta universe platform company, the word meta universe has become a popular buzzword. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said at the end of 2021 that he expected most virtual conferences to turn to meta universe technology in the next two or three years. Reference News reported on January 3 that on December 31, 2021, the website of American consumer news and business channel published a report entitled "Shanghai increases its investment in meta universe and brings it into the development plan". The full text is excerpted as follows: Shanghai, one of China's largest cities, is becoming serious about metauniverse, which has attracted great attention in 2021 because of its potential in building the next generation Internet. According to Chinese media reports, a plan released by Shanghai on December 30, 2021 contains the first reference to the meta universe. Metacosmic technology extends human interaction to the virtual world of three-dimensional avatar. In its 14th five year plan for the development of Shanghai's electronic information manufacturing industry, Shanghai Economic and Information Technology Commission said that metauniverse is one of the four frontier exploration fields. The plan points out that "the application of metauniverse in public services, business office, social entertainment, industrial manufacturing, safety production, electronic games and other fields is encouraged". The committee said that it plans to strengthen the forward-looking research and development of the basic capabilities of the underlying core technologies and support the tackling of key technologies such as real-time interaction, sensing technology and blockchain that meet the requirements of the metauniverse. The plan does not set a specific timetable or goal for the research and development of the meta universe. As Facebook, the American social networking giant, announced its name change to meta universe platform company, the word meta universe has become a popular buzzword. Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates said at the end of 2021 that he expected most virtual conferences to turn to meta universe technology in the next two or three years. (Xinhua News Agency)