It's brilliant, and it's called Paris of the East. From the data, we can see how brilliant Shanghai was at that time:

In terms of urban population and hardware scale: in 1931, the population of Shanghai was 3.11 million, ranking first in the country and fifth in the world; When Wuhan was liberated in 1949, the population of three towns in Wuhan was only 1.2 million. At that time, Shanghai was 5 million. In 1937, Shanghai's power generation was 1.1 billion kWh, accounting for 45.5% of the country's total power generation.

The economic strength of Shanghai is as exaggerated as the size of the city: in 1933, the industrial output value of Shanghai was 73 million, accounting for 66% of the output value of the 12 major industrial cities in China; The second-ranked Tianjin is only 74 million. In 193s, Shanghai was the largest gold trading center in Asia and the third largest securities trading market in the world.

At the same time, China's first sound film "The Song Girl Red Peony" was also shot by Shanghai Star Company. During this period, the films released in Shanghai almost monopolized the entire China film market.

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Shanghai in this period was at the forefront of the intersection of Chinese and Western civilizations. People dressed in fashionable clothes, men's suits and ties, ladies' cheongsam, long skirts and stockings were common occurrences. Planes, cars and trams are convenient for Shanghai residents to travel. You can buy LU ZHOU LAO JIAO CO.,LTD, "Watson" brand electric fans and "Camel" brand cigarettes in Shanghai, and you can buy any goods in China and even the whole world.

With a large number of westerners doing business and settling in Shanghai, there are English, Greek, Gothic and Russian styles. Western-style buildings with different styles have sprung up in Shanghai, forming a unique style in China. Before liberation, the urban construction area of Shanghai had reached 86 square kilometers.