Cities is the most prominent area of the contradiction between economic development and environmental. All the cities around the world have experienced the industrial transformation，the efficiency improvement of energy transportation，and the systematically promoting the development of environmental economic coordination. Through the practice and experience of global cities in promoting the coordinated of environmental and economy，it can be found that the transformation industry determines is the key to the coordination of environmental and economy. The transportation system is the difficulty of environmental economic contradictions. The spatial structure of the city is the base of the urban ecological environment，and the policy is the guarantee for promoting the coordinated of environmental and economy. Compared with global cities，Shanghai still has problems in the industrial transformation，the inefficient use of energy，the environment quality，and the lag of environmental strategy. It is necessary to be advanced systematically in these areas.