The Legend of China:The History of Pudong Development

Pudong is a district located at east of the Huangpu River and is opposite to Puxi, west of the Huangpu River and the historic city center of Shanghai. Since the establishment of Pudong New Area in early 1990s, the backward Pudong has become a thriving financial hub of modern China and home to the Lujiazui Finance and the Pilot Free-Trade Zone, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange. This book sets Pudong in a broad historical background and records the historical changes and various details and legends in the Pudong’s development process. It reflects the tortuous process of China’s reform and is the first book detailing the complete history of Pudong. It offers suggestions that can be popularized and emulated to achieve significant development across China.Contents: From Water to Land: Where Pudong Comes from and Where Pudong Goes toThe Development Initiative: Civil and Government EffortsThe Widening Gap: The Outbreak of Shanghai’s ‘Urban Disease’The Mission to Assume: A Trump Card to the World Played by the Chief DesignerSeizing Every Minute: Big Experiment in Specific AreasLittle Experience and Much Thinking: Meditation on the Development of Pudong by Standing Beside a GlobeThe Uphill Battle: Pudong Wearing a Helmet to WithstandBig Experiment: Holding High the Banner of PioneeringEconomic Transformation: Big Airplane and DisneyNew Pudong: ‘Two Centers’ and the Merging of Two DistrictsPrying Up the Fulcrum: Pilot Reform Zone (Version 3.0)Fulfillment of a Dream: 500 Meters Up and Down, 100 Years To and FroReadership: General public interested in China, Pudong, and China’s development. Undergraduate and graduate Asian studies students, with a focus or specialisation in China. Academics and scholars with a research interest in China, China’s economy, and China’s history. Policymakers seeking to better understand the growth of Pudong and the potential future growth trajectories of other Chinese cities.