Shanghai Master Plan 1999–2020
Core idea
Pudong CBD, multicore region
Why it matters
Oriented global financial hub
Description
The Shanghai Master Plan 1999–2020, prepared by the city's urban planning authorities and approved by the State Council, guided the metropolis through its period of most rapid growth. It consolidated Pudong and the Lujiazui financial district as a new central business core, proposed a multicore regional structure of new towns and industrial zones around the central city, and set frameworks for the metro network, port relocation and greenbelt protection.
Significance
The plan underpinned Shanghai's deliberate repositioning as a global financial and shipping hub and is a key document of Chinese metropolitan planning in the reform era. Its polycentric new-town strategy shaped a generation of Chinese master plans, while its growth assumptions fed later debates on land consumption and population control.
What shaped it
- Shenzhen Special Economic Zone (1980)
- China's reform & opening (1978)
- The skyscraper (1885)
- The master plan (early 20th c.)
- Asian financial crisis (1997–1998)
Plans it influenced
- Beijing Master Plan (2004–2020) (2004–2020)
- Shanghai Master Plan 2040 (2017)
- Lingang New City (Shanghai) (2002–)
- Ordos Kangbashi (2003–)
- Harbin Songbei New District (2000s–)
- Beijing Olympic Green Masterplan (2003–2008)
- Shanghai Hongqiao Business District (2009–)
- Shanghai North Bund Regeneration (2010s–)
Sources
- https://www.encyclopedia.com/international/international-magazines/master-city-plan-shanghai-200
- https://www.researchgate.net/figure/Comprehensive-Plan-of-Shanghai-Metro-Region-1999-2020-Note-s