Shanghai Party Secretary Li Qiang met Elon Musk, chairman and CEO of Tesla Inc, on Tuesday. Li congratulated Musk on the signing of the electric vehicle project with Shanghai. Li said Shanghai has an advanced automobile industry and a rather complete automobile industry chain. Setting up its project in Shanghai will help Tesla to explore the markets in China and the Asia-Pacific region. Li hoped that Tesla and Shanghai can further their cooperation. As China’s biggest economic center, Shanghai highly values the development of advanced manufacturing industry while upgrading its urban energy level.