Pudong

Pudong 浦东新区
Sub-provincial district State-level new area
Pudong New Area
Pudong landmarks & skyline
Location within Shanghai
Country	China
Municipality	Shanghai
District Gov't Established	1993
Government
• CPC Pudong District Secretary	Weng Zuliang (翁祖亮)
• District Governor	Hang Yingwei (杭迎伟)
Area
• Total	1,210.4 km2 (467.3 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	5,044,430
• Density	4,200/km2 (11,000/sq mi)
Time zone	China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Area Code	021
Postal Code	200120
Website	pudong.gov.cn

Pudong is a district of Shanghai, located east of the Huangpu River across from the historic city center of Shanghai in Puxi. The name refers to its historic position as "The East Bank" of the Huangpu River, which flows through central Shanghai, although it is now administered as the 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 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 Shanghai Expo and Century Park, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, the Jiuduansha Wetland Nature Reserve, and the Shanghai Disney Resort.

Pudong—literally "The East Bank of the Huangpu River"—originally referred only to the less-developed land across from Shanghai's Old City and foreign concessions. The area was mainly farmland and only slowly developed, with warehouses and wharfs near the shore administered by the districts of Puxi on the west bank: Huangpu, Yangpu, and Nanshi. Pudong was originally established as a county in 1958 until 1961 which the county was split among Huangpu, Yangpu, Nanshi, Wusong and Chuansha County. In October 1, 1992 the original area of Pudong County and Chuansha County merged and established Pudong New Area.