Pujiang 浦江镇 | |
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  Pujiang Location in Shanghai | |
| Coordinates:31°05′53″N121°30′07″E / 31.098°N 121.502°E /31.098; 121.502 | |
| Country | People's Republic of China |
| Municipality | Shanghai |
| District | Minhang |
| Time zone | UTC+8 (China Standard) |
Pujiang (Chinese:浦江;pinyin:Pǔjiāng;Shanghainese:Phugaon) is a town inMinhang District,Shanghai,China. It contains Pujiang New Town, which is anew town with an Italian architectural theme, sometimes referred to as Città di Pujiang. It also contains Zhaojialou (Chinese:召稼楼;pinyin:Zhàojiàlóu;Shanghainese:Tsogalheu), an old water town which is undergoingrestoration, Caohejing Pujiang Hi-Tech Park and Shanghai National Civil Aerospace Industrial Base.
Pujiang has an area of 102 square kilometres and had a registered population of 101,900 in 2008.[1] It is on the east bank of theHuangpu River,[2] about 17 kilometres (11 mi) from central Shanghai.[3] It is served byShanghai Metro Line 8, whose southern extension toAerospace Museum Station in Pujiang was opened in 2009.[4]
Pujiang New Town is a product of theOne City, Nine Towns policy, which was initiated in 2001 which was the flagship urban design initiative ofChina's Tenth Five-Year Plan ( covering 2001–2005).[5]: 133, 138 Each of the suburbandistricts of Shanghai was assigned a new town, each with its own theme. Pujiang was designated as Minhang District's new town, with an Italian theme. Other Western themes used to date areScandinavian,English,Spanish,Canadian,Dutch andGerman.[6]
The Italian architectsGregotti Associati produced the plan for the new town, with a total area of 15 square kilometres,[7] laid out in a grid pattern. A 2.6 square kilometre section in the north of the town was built by developer Highpower-OCT Investment,[8] with the continuing involvement of Gregotti, as well as other Italian architects.[9] This section has gardenvillas, anItalian palace and apiazza with abell tower.[10] However, such Italian features were not used in the town's south eastern section, which became a high density development to house the people displaced from the site of Shanghai's2010 World Expo.[11] By 2010 the new town's registered population was around 50,000.[7] Construction was still in progress as of March 2012.[9] Property values increased substantially due to the new town's location and large public spaces.[5]: 157
Pujiang New Town includes large public amenities at the core of the town with residential areas to the north and south of the core.[5]: 156
Zhaojialou is an ancient water town which has undergone extensive rebuilding and renovation. After three years of restoration, stage one of the three stage program was completed in 2010.[12]
Caohejing Pujiang Hi-Tech Park, a High Tech Industrial Development Zone covering 10.7 square kilometres, is an extension of Shanghai Caohejing Hi-Tech Park. It contains Caohejing Export Processing Zone,[13] Pujiang Intelligence Valley Business Park,[14] and Shanghai National863 Software Incubator Base.[15]
Shanghai National Civil Aerospace Industrial Base was set up in 2007, with the intention of creating an aerospace research and development centre, an aerospace industrial park and an aerospace museum.[16]
Shanghai Minhang Modern Agricultural Garden was established in Pujiang in 2000. It has an area of 27 square kilometres.[17]
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