ABSTRACT
This chapter asserts the centrality of production both in general, and in relation to Shanghai's re-emergence outlines the policy framework put in place by the government of Shanghai to sustain and enhance the city's development. In the inter-war years Shanghai was already a city of international significance, not only in terms of size and economic development but also with regard to its social energy and cultural production. The dynamic economic development of Shanghai means that the government can put trains, housing and employment all in the same place. Shanghai now has more sky scrapers than New York and a public transport system bigger than London's. The emergence of Shanghai, as a leading player but by no means the only Chinese player on the world stage, also reposes the discussion between economic power and political control in the international, national and regional environment: China in the world, Shanghai in China, and Shanghai in the Yangtze Delta.
