Shanghai, the biggest industrial city in China. It’s also the most important science and technology centre, entrepot, finance and communication center as well as the biggest economic centre and commercial haven in China. These years it even improve to be the biggest port all over the world.

The width of Shanghai is 100 kilometers from east to west and the length is over 200 kilometers from South to North. The whole city's land area is 6340.5 square kilometers as the area in the outer ring is 610 square kilometers. Now there are 18 sections (Huang Pu, Xu Hui, Lu Wan, Jing An, Chang Ning, Zha Bei, Pu Tuo, Yang Pu, Hong Kou, Bao Shan, Qing Pu, Min Hang, Pu Dong, Jia Ding, Jin Shan, Song Jiang, Nan Hui, Feng Xian) and a county (Chong Ming) in Shanghai. At the end of 2007, the population of Shanghai is about 18,450,000.

Shanghai has formed the characterisic of combining the Chinese culture with the West since it is established in 1843. The foundation of burgeoning financial securities, futures, foreign exchange and technology in Shanghai establishes the position ofa national centre for resources collocation and accelerate the pace of the economy to fit the international standard. In October 2001, APEC was held in Shanghai. At that time, the position of being one of the international economic, commercail, financial center was established.

To accelerate economic development, our country and related departments of Shanghai adopt a series of preferential policies to attract investment and establish a large number of economic or science and technology parks. Such as Zhang Jiang Hi-Tech Park and Cao He JingEconomic and Technological Development Zone for science and technology development, Wai Gao Qiao Free Trade Zone for freight and logistics, Lin Kong economic park for economic development. Our government sets up kinds of ways such as policy support, tax incetive, establish fund and simplify the work flow to attract investmens. Each section of Shanghai has their own characteristics of developing derection makes industry gathered and resources shared. For example, the development of Yang Pu is focused on knowledge industry, Hong Kou is focused on freight and logistics, Pu Tuo is focused on harbor industrial system, Jia Ding is focused on car and machine industry.

Comes into 21 century, various countries and regions all over the world are concerned about the development of China and Shanghai. Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Jin Mao Builidng, Shanghai International Meeting Center, Pudong Airport, Shanghai Museum,Shanghai Grand Theater, Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center all describe the widen forground of a international ctty. World is concerned about China, China is concerned about Shanghai.