Abstract
In April 1990, Premier Li Peng officially sanctioned the proposed development of the “Pudong New Area” (Pudong Xinchu) in the most advanced economic centre of the country — the Shanghai municipality. The plan, grand in conception and bold in design, will be the linchpin in revitalizing Shanghai proper, and in anchoring the future development of the entire Yangzi River region spanning most of the Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui and Jiangxi provinces. Pudong, described by Lin Tongyan as a “treasure land unique in the world” comprises a 350 square kilometre land mass between the east bank of the Huangpu River, Shanghai's main water arterial, and the East China Sea. Yet historically, it has remained comparatively undeveloped though it lies in close proximity to Shanghai's city centre. The plan (in the words of its boosters) represents the final materialization of the “long cherished scheme of Pudong development” which “further demonstrates the determination of the nation to open a wider door to the outside world”. I...
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