Jian Zhuo, deputy head of the Department of Urban Planning at the College of Architecture and Urban Planning of the University of Tongji (Shanghai)

The new comprehensive master plan of Shanghai, Shanghai 2040, has been elaborated and will be soon approved and implemented. It is the first time that the municipal government of Shanghai demonstrated her ambition “striving for the excellent Global City”. The global competitiveness, sustainable development and cultural attractiveness have been set up as the main goals for the urban development. This presentation will summarize the problems and challenges the city of Shanghai is facing, present the key strategies and initiatives that Shanghai 2040 suggests for transforming the urban development mode. in particular, their close relationship with urban mobility and transport
will be highlighted.