Pudong

Pudong 浦东新区
District & State-level new area
Pudong New Area
Lujiazui from the Bund
Location within Shanghai
Coordinates: 31°14′05″N 121°30′23″E / 31.23472°N 121.50639°E / 31.23472; 121.50639
Country	People's Republic of China
Municipality	Shanghai
District Gov't Established	1993
Government
• CPC Pudong District Secretary	Zhu Zhisong
• District Governor	Hang Yingwei (杭迎偉)
Area
• Total	1,210.4 km2 (467.3 sq mi)
Population  (2020)
• Total	5,681,512
• Density	4,700/km2 (12,000/sq mi)
GDP [1]
• Total	CN¥ 1.6 trillion US$ 237.78 billion (2022)
• Per capita	CN¥ 281,180 US$ 41,755 (2022)
Time zone	UTC+08:00 (China Standard Time)
Postal code	200120
Area code	021
Website	Pudong.gov.cn

Pudong
"Pudong" in Simplified (top) and Traditional (bottom) Chinese characters
Simplified Chinese	浦东
Traditional Chinese	浦東
Postal	Pootung
Literal meaning	"East of the Pu [River]"
Transcriptions Standard Mandarin Hanyu Pinyin Pǔdōng Wade–Giles P'u3-tung1 IPA [pʰù.tʊ́ŋ] Wu Romanization Phu上-ton平

Pudong is a district of Shanghai located east of the Huangpu, the river which flows through central Shanghai. The name Pudong was originally applied to the Huangpu's east bank, directly across from the west bank or Puxi, the historic city center. It now refers to the broader 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 Shanghai Stock Exchange 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 Port of Shanghai, the Shanghai Expo and Century Park, Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Park, Shanghai Pudong International Airport, the Jiuduansha Wetland Nature Reserve, Nanhui New City, and the Shanghai Disney Resort.