Innovating green circular development patterns and circular economy policy system，is an important way for Shanghai toward an ecological city in 2035. During the 13th Five-Year Plan period，Shanghai has practiced the circular economy development pattern which focus on waste recycling and green industry，and made breakthroughs in the circular economy policy system，including garbage classification，collection and transportation policies，the multi-level industrial solid waste recycling policies，and policies promoting recycling and remanufactured product utilization. Circular economy policies above accelerated the industrial remanufacturing system towards high-end manufacturing，and boosting recycling rate of major solid waste well ahead in domestic. Nowadays，the continuous transformation of circular economy patterns in the domestic and overseas taking place. The international circular economy model has significantly changed from waste cyclic utilization to a great material recycling in the whole social system. And the development of circular economy in China under the framework of ecological civilization construction also faces new challenges. During the 14th Five-Year Plan period，Shanghai should adhere to green development，coordinating the goal of circular economy development with the goals of carbon neutral，zero waste city and global city of excellence，andshifting the circular economy policy to full life cycle ecological design and source prevention.