Shanghai: Topographic Views of Pudong District
Gilchrist, Scott
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Alternative Title
浦东新区
Date
2009Description
Financial district, skyscraper under construction; Pudong, officially known as Pudong New Area, is a district of Shanghai, China that enjoys sub-provincial administrative status. It is named "Pudong" because of its location on the east side of the Huangpu river, on the opposite of Puxi, the west side. After its merger with Nanhui District (now defunct) in May 2009, the Pudong New Area comprises the majority of land in eastern Shanghai. Since the beginning of its development in 1990, Pudong has become a New Open Economic Development Zone, and has emerged as China's financial and commercial hub. Pudong is home to the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone, the Shanghai Stock Exchange, and a skyline that includes the symbolic Oriental Pearl Tower, the Jin Mao Building, the Shanghai World Financial Center and the Shanghai Tower, reflective of Shanghai and China's rapid economic development. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 4/15/2011)
Type of Work
topographical view; photographSubject
business, commerce and trade, cityscape, contemporary (1960 to present), City planning, Twenty-first century
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