Abstract: On the basis of the evaluation database of Shanghai sustainable development from 1990 to 1999, six main influential factors of regional sustainable development were selected, which including gross domestic product, percapita water consumption, natural growth rate, ocean water quality, per 10 thousand yuan product industrial waste water discharge and per capita public green areas.Thus Shanghai sustainable development adjustment prediction model using artificial neural network is established, from which good results were obtained.

Key words: artificial neural network, sustainable development, prediction model