上海2010年导游现场考试景点讲解：东方明珠英文导游词.docVIP

上海2009年导游现场考试景点讲解：东方明珠英文导游词 TOURIST AREA OF THE ORIENTAL PEARL TV TOWER A brief introduction to Pudong New Area Pudong New Area is located on the east of the Huangpu River, facing the East China Sea and the Pacific Ocean and bordering the Yangtze Delta. It is at the intersection of Chinese golden coast and golden waterway. It is a triangular area, with a size of 522 square kilometers and a population of more than 1.5 million. In the early ‘90s, Comrade Deng Xiaoping, the chief architect of China’s reform and open-up policy, expected that there should be in Shanghai “a change every year and a big change every three years”. As a strategic decision, the Chinese Communist Party Central Committee and the State Council declared the opening and development of Pudong on April 18th, 1990. it is another significant step in China’s policy of reform and opening to the outside world. Since then, Shanghai people have gone all out and worked numerous wonders on this promising piece of land. Up till now there have been set up Lujiazui Financial and Trade Zone, Jinqiao Export Processing Zone, Waigaoqiao Free Trade Zone, Zhangjiang Hi-tech Park, Huaxia Culture Tourism Development Zone, Sunqiao Moodern Agriculture Development Zone, etc. new municipal infrastructure projects, such as an international airport, a deep-water port and infrastructure for an information highway have been or are being carried out. The opening and development of Pudong Area is a brilliant example, which has become an icon of Shanghai’s sweeping advance to the modern cosmopolis and as economic center, trade center and financial center. Compared with China’s other special economic zones and economic development zones, Pudong New Area has the following characteristics: 1. A free trade zone has been established in the area to promote the free entering and leaving of commodities, and capitals, which make Pudong a “free port”. 2. Foreign banks have been introduced to enliven the area’s banking services as well