ABSTRACT
Since the late 1990s, an urban policy model of culture-led development has become increasingly "fashionable" and an influential trend in many cities around the world. In broad terms, the policy script of cultural/creative city is developed, mobilized and globalized on behalf of neoliberal rationalities and capitalist interests. The idea of the cultural/creative city is centred on the utilization of cultural and creative resources in urban planning and management, which are argued to make a city more attractive for investors, businesses, skilled workers and visitors. The concept of the 'creative city' was first coined in relation to the application of culture and the arts for urban regeneration purposes. Since the late 1990s, urban policy models linked to culture and creativity have been gradually integrated into Hong Kong's policy trajectories. Contrary to the culture-led urban development in the Global North or some Asian cities, a decline in manufacturing industries has never played a primary role in Shanghai's cultural turn.
