"Stars" emerge in the performing arts market, musicals are "growing" in Shanghai. In 2002, the Shanghai Grand Theater introduced the original musical "Les Misérables" for the first time and was a great success.

Since then, many famous overseas dramas such as "Cats" and "The Phantom of the Opera" have entered the Chinese market. Shanghai has promulgated policies such as the “50 Cultural and Creative Measures” and strives to create an “Asian Performing Arts Capital”