The "Greater Shanghai Plan" was a package of urban planning for Shanghai put forward by the Shanghai special municipal government in 1929. Its introduction was not only based on the actual needs of its urban development, but also depended on the political conditions at that time. The "Greater Shanghai Plan" aimed at the overall urbanization of Chinese communities in Shanghai, put forward many clear urban development plans, and absorbed and integrated the western urban concept in the struggle and compromise, reflecting the particularity and complexity of the road of urban development in modern China.

Zelong Shao. Exploration of the “Greater Shanghai Plan”. Academic Journal of Humanities & Social Sciences (2021) Vol. 4, Issue 11: 1-5. https://doi.org/10.25236/AJHSS.2021.041101.

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[8] Shanghai township representatives returned to Shanghai from Nanjing yesterday. (1928) Shun Pao, February 22, 13. 

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[18] The two-way business conference officially opened yesterday. (1931) Shun Pao, January 16, 13.

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