South Asia is a key area for the construction of the BRI. Since the BRI has been proposed，it has made positive progress in South Asia，including the continuous growth of bilateral trade between China and South Asian countries，a series phased results of infrastructure construction cooperation，the continuous expansion of investment scale，and the deep engagement of people-to-people. Shanghai has actively taken its advantages of resources，management，technology and human，and made outstanding contributions to the construction of the BRI in South Asia，especially in trade，infrastructure，digital and financial cooperation，and folk diplomacy areas. In the future，Shanghai will embrace new opportunities for cooperation，due to the rigid demand for FDI from the South Asian countries after the epidemic，the strong mutual complementarity of trade between Shanghai and South Asian countries，and the solid foundation people exchanges. However，some challenges deserve to attention.