Pudong
浦东新区 | |
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| Pudong New Area | |
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 Location within Shanghai | |
| Coordinates: 31°14′05″N 121°30′23″E / 31.23472°N 121.50639°E | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Municipality | Shanghai |
| District Gov't Established | 1993 |
| Government | |
| • CPC Pudong District Secretary | Zhu Zhisong |
| • District Governor | Hang Yingwei (杭迎偉) |
| Area | |
| • Total | 1,210.4 km2 (467.3 sq mi) |
| Population (2020) | |
| • Total | 5,681,512 |
| • Density | 4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi) |
| GDP [1] | |
| • Total | CN¥ 1.6 trillion US$ 237.78 billion (2022) |
| • Per capita | CN¥ 281,180 US$ 41,755 (2022) |
| Time zone | UTC+08:00 (China Standard Time) |
| Postal code | 200120 |
| Area code | 021 |
| Website | Pudong.gov.cn |
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.svg) "Pudong" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters | |||||||||||||||
| Simplified Chinese | 浦东 | ||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 浦東 | ||||||||||||||
| Postal | Pootung | ||||||||||||||
| Literal meaning | "East of the Pu [River]" | ||||||||||||||
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Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name Pudong was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city center. It now refers to the broader Pudong New Area, a state-level new area which extends all the way to the East China Sea.
The traditional area of Pudong is now home to the Lujiazui Finance and Trade Zone and the Shanghai Stock Exchange and many of Shanghai's best-known buildings, such as the Oriental Pearl Tower, the Jin Mao Tower, the Shanghai World Financial Center, and the Shanghai Tower. These modern skyscrapers directly face Puxi's historic Bund, a remnant of former foreign concessions in China. The rest of the new area includes the Port of Shanghai, the Shanghai Expo and Century Park, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, the Jiuduansha Wetland Nature Reserve, Nanhui New City, and the Shanghai Disney Resort.