一上海作为我国沿海最大的开放城市,将在更为广泛的领域和更加深刻的程度上参与国际合作与竞争。加快政府职能转变已成为一项迫切的任务,也是上海政府管理体制创新的关键。具体而言,上海作为一个特大型城市,在经济全球化背景下,政府管理经济事务的职能应当体现在以下几个方面:( As Shanghai’s largest open city along the coast, Shanghai will participate in international cooperation and competition in a wider area and to a greater extent. Accelerating the transformation of government functions has become an urgent task and also the key to innovating the management system of the Shanghai government. Specifically, as a mega-sized city in Shanghai, under the background of economic globalization, the functions of the government in managing economic affairs should be reflected in the following aspects: