365 China Photo: One-A-Day

I flew back to Shanghai this morning for another series of meetings and presentations. This time the client was based in Pudong, the new business centre of Shanghai. I first visited Shanghais 14 years ago when the Pudong was mostly flat farmland area. Over the years it has developed at a furious pace with ever new buildings and taller skyscrapers being built. The day I arrived the weather was grey and overcast but the sun was just trying to peek through the clouds. On the right is the Jin Mao Tower, which at 420m, is now dwarfed by the newer Shanghai World Financial Centre at 492m, the tallest building in China. I recently found a picture (below) of the Pudong I took in 1996, when they had just started building the Jin Mao Tower. I never imagined back then that Shanghai would develop so fast and furious.