Abstract: Country parks are considered as convenient places of rural recreation for citizens in urbanized area.Country parks have been developed for 50 years in Britain and other commonwealth nations,and the functions of country parks include:leisure and recreation,natural preservation,environmental education,community interaction etc.Shanghai,as a metropolis in the world,is urgent to develop country parks.The theory and experiences of construction and management of country parks were composed firstly in this paper. Then,according to the characteristics of society,economics,culture and ecology of Shanghai,the strategy of development of country parks in Shanghai was put forward.

Key words: country parks, ecological recreation, Shanghai