Pudong Shanghai

Pudong is officially known as Pudong New District is a district of Shanghai. The district has emerged as China's financial and commercial hub, ever since its development since the 1990s. It is home to the financial district of Lujiazui. Some of the popular attractions include the Oriental Pearl Tower and the Jin Mao Tower both of which are symbols of Shanghai and China's economic development.

The word Pudong means “East of River Bank East”. The district is bound by the Huangpu River in the west and the East China Sea on the East. The total area of Pudong district is about 522 km² with a population of approximately 1.5 million people. Pudong is contrasted with Puxi, the older part of Shanghai on the west bank of the Huangpu River. The district is large and in future may be divided into smaller administrative districts.

The district airport, known as the Pudong International Airport was opened in 1999, the same year as Line 2 of the Shanghai Metro was made operational between Puxi and Pudong. A magnetic levitation train began operations in 2004, moving passengers between the airport and Long Yang Road Metro station.

Pudong is also connected to Puxi by several tunnels and four major bridges. The Nanpu Bridge was the first one to be commissioned in 1991 followed by the Yangpu Bridge in 1993. The Xupu Bridge opened in 1996. The latest is the Lupu Bridge which happens to be the world's longest arch bridge completed in 2002