Shanghai: Building an Open City Through Collaborative Governance
Cities flourish because of their people. During his 2019 inspection tour of Shanghai, General Secretary Xi Jinping put forward the important vision that people’s cities are built by the people and for the people. China has always placed its people at the heart of urban development and worked to make modern cities innovative, livable, beautiful, resilient, civilized, and smart. The mini-documentary series Cities for the People is now available, documenting Chinese cities’ efforts to advance modernization and sharing their wisdom and experience in urban governance.
How can a megacity make different voices heard and explore solutions to governance through communication with the people? This episode shows how Shanghai enables diverse stakeholders to participate in urban governance and turns people’s voices and insights into fuel for building a better city through proposal-collection system. Watch the video to find out more.
























