A Study of the Unique Characteristics of the Development and Opening-Up of the Pudong New Area of Shanghai
The development of the Pudong New Area of Shanghai was initiated in response to a pressing situation. The background of such a situation exactly endowed Pudong with a different connotation of the times and unique characteristics. In a short period of 18 y
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Abstract The development of the Pudong New Area of Shanghai was initiated in response to a pressing situation. The background of such a situation exactly endowed Pudong with a different connotation of the times and unique characteristics. In a short period of 18 years since Pudong’s development and opening up, an outward-looking, multifunctional modern new urban area rose on the east bank of the Pudong. It is hailed as the symbol of China’s reform and opening up and the epitome of Shanghai’s construction modernization. The key to the unique characteristics of the Pudong New Area’s development and opening up lies in innovation. The “new” unique characteristics of the Pudong New Area can be explained by the following five aspects: the role mission of the national strategy, factor characteristics of a market economy, the evolution of governmental functions, integration and harmony of social development, building of an innovation-driven development of a first-class Party. Keywords Pudong development characteristics
Connotation of the times
Unique
1 Introduction Researching the unique characteristics of Pudong’s development and opening up is of great practical significance for reviewing and summarizing the great undertaking of China’s reform and opening up, analyzing and interpreting the strategic pattern of China’s reform and opening up, spurring a new round of comprehensive reform. The key of the unique characteristics of Pudong’s development and opening up lies in innovation. The “newness” of the Pudong New Area is embodied in not only building an outward-looking, multifunctional modern “new” city, but also exploring a “new” path for first establishing and improving the socialist market economy system under the guidance of the socialist theory with Chinese characteristics. As a L. Youlin (&) Publicity Department of the Pudong New Area, Shanghai 200135, China © Social Sciences Academic Press and Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2017 Y. Yuan (ed.), Studies on China’s Special Economic Zones, Research Series on the Chinese Dream and China’s Development Path, DOI 10.1007/978-981-10-3704-7_11
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successful practice of the socialist road with Chinese characteristics, Pudong’s development and opening up was designed to fulfill the historical mission of a national strategy, functioning as a flagship, serving as a window. It has brought about breakthroughs in the developmental model of a market economy, factor agglomeration, the characteristics of the opening-up, explorations in streamlining governmental administration, first developing a plan, fostering a business-friendly environment for business promotion, and innovations in urban and rural integration for social development, co-construction and sharing, a humanistic spirit. It has also guaranteed the building of a first-class Party for promoting first-rate development, and has stressed that an uncorrupt government also represents an investment environment. With regard to China’s 30-year-long reform and opening up, its form mainly changed from special
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