The process of the birth of pop music in industrial cities:

Chinese pop music appeared in the late 1920s and early 1930s. With the emergence of the film industry, although pop music developed to a certain extent at the beginning of its emergence, in the end, after its short-lived brilliance, it was still hidden in the swords and shadows of history. Until the late 1970s and early 1980s, with the advent of reform and opening up, China ushered in a new era, and pop music was like a seed that had been dormant underground for many years and finally sprouted under the nourishment of spring breeze and rain.

Due to various historical reasons, pop music and other literary and artistic forms that people can see were mostly products of cognitive and educational functions at the beginning of their development, while pop music has innate aesthetic functions and entertainment functions. Although the function was not "outrageous and unethical" at the time, it was at least somewhat "unrefined". Therefore, when China opened its doors, along with the opening up of politics, economy, and culture, people's aesthetic and entertainment needs emerged. A group of pop singers who came across the sea, such as Teresa Teng and Liu Wenzheng, became popular in a short period of time. It quickly conquered the young generation at that time.

In the 21st century, due to the highly developed technology, information, and mass media, many literary and artistic forms, including pop music, have undergone great changes and developments. As an integral part of social culture, pop music accompanies the market economy and penetrates into social life through various channels, becoming the carrier of culture and the mirror of social life. Along with the process of marketization, popular music in our country has gradually moved from its initial marginal status to the mainstream status of music consumption, and is accepted by more and more people. Especially after entering the 1990s, pop music has rapidly changed the pattern of music culture in Chinese society with the help of the fierce offensive of mass media.