The State Council approved the general city plan of Shanghai on December 25. The Some points of the directive are noteworthy: (1) Shanghai's "five centers". In addition to municipalities directly under the Central Government and national historical and cultural cities, Shanghai is also a center of international economy, finance, trade, shipping and science and technology innovation. It should be pointed out that Shanghai's positioning of the "five centers", four directly related to the economy, and a science and technology innovation center shows Shanghai's character as an economic city. It is noteworthy that Shanghai also has two positions - "Global City" and "a modern socialist cosmopolis", which means that Shanghai sets the benchmark for global competition in global cities similar to New York, London and Tokyo . (2) Shanghai will take new steps in deepening the reform of the pilot free trade zone. Free Trade Zone is the highlight of Shanghai's reform and development. The next step will be to free trade port development. (3) On the urban scale, Shanghai should "persistently plan the negative growth of the total scale of construction land, firmly hold the four bottom lines of population size, construction land, ecological environment and urban safety" and strive to control the "big city disease" and actively explore the transformation approach of the development of mega-cities mode. "By 2035, the resident population in Shanghai will be controlled at around 25 million and the total land for construction will not exceed 3,200 square kilometers.(4) On the historical and cultural aspects of the city, "to further tap the rich cultural connotation of Shanghai city, continue the historical context, retain the memory of the city, stimulate the urban cultural innovation and creation vitality and enhance the urban soft power and attractiveness,implement the requirements for the protection of historical and cultural heritage and the management of the purple line, improve the city, town and village protection level and system, strengthen the overall protection of the style of the historical city landscape strengthen the protection of the site for the First National Congress of the CPC and other cultural relics protection units, the Bund modern architectural protection zone and other historical and cultural blocks, Historical buildings, industrial heritage and other protection "," presenting a blended style of traditional cultures, as well as of nature, and modernization of East and Western cultures complementing each other.