Modern Shanghai Pudong Urban Change Research

This paper deals with the study on the city historical transformation of modern Pudong district. Pudong is a district name which bases on the background of the river, the Huangpu river has close relation to modern Pudong's city transformation.After Shanghai was declared open to foreign nations, under the radiating role of Shanghai economy, the shipping function of Shanghai appeared soon, and rely on the location preeminence of Huangpu river, ships building and docks grew rapidly, other industrial units settled in Pudong one after another, Pudong's industrial structure had been improved, industry is the economic foundation and supports to Pudong's modern change.In a condition of inadequate social control by Shanghai municipal government, Pudong's administration firstly initiated by its regional bodies: after the founding of Shanghai Special municipal government, and then constructed Pudong road, opened ferry across Huangpu river, started Pudong Water Works, the construction of Pudong road basically limited the space arrangement of Pudong from the aspect of communications, communications is the prerequisite for city development, the construction of Pudong road and Dongchang road, the formation of land communication, the opening of ferry, the improvement of water traffic, ties between Pudong and Puxi had become ever stronger, transportation system of land and water are connected, all of them composed a comprehensive network of communications. Regional bodies and government had also intensified coordination and cooperation, Pudong's city appearance brought on a new look.Modern agriculture of Pudong is different from the traditional agriculture; agriculture, animal agriculture and gardening, they all guided by the market, their first target is to meet the demand of the market, with goods nature, it broke the self-sufficient production pattern of the traditional agriculture and transformed to the modern agriculture for meeting market demands.The Huangpu river is not only a a natural barrier which spans Pudong and Puxi, but also a psychology barrier in the citizen's mind of Pudong, economic and cultural development between Puxi and Pudong is extremely uneven. A modern city had risen on the opposite bank of Lujiazui. Modern Pudong citizens faced the pressure of urbanization. Resident structure and dwell form reflected a dual social life. Local gentry concerned about hometown construction, in spirited pursuit of the development of Pudong by a person or a class, the most outstanding thing was that they engaged in education and hygiene, to donate for bridge and road construction. Pudong is one of the worker settlements in Shanghai, had a positive labour movement, it is chiefly because the earliest working class was born in Pudong. Under the Party's leadership, established the earliest trade unions with high political consciousness, they had been kept down heavily, having a strong resistance, Pudong's workers centered together, easy to combined together. The case of Pudong labour movement in 1928, it embodied the labour movement characteristics of the epoch.Modern Pudong district rose and fallen all by the Huangpu river.After Pudong opened and developed in 1990, it was really to focus attention for the world.