The new Shanghai financial district

The Shanghai World Financial Centre in Pudong District of Shanghai.

Photograph: Shanghai Pacific Institute for International Strategy/Handout/Reuters

The Nanpu Bridge, built from funds provided by the Asian Development Bank, in Shanghai.

Photograph: Shanghai Pacific Institute for International Strategy/Handout/Reuters

Shanghai's new financial district skyline along the Huang Pu river.

Photograph: Shanghai Pacific Institute for International Strategy/Handout/Reuters

Skyline of central Shanghai's new financial disctrict.

Photograph: Shanghai Pacific Institute for International Strategy/Handout/Reuters

Shanghai's new financial district skyline along the Huang Pu river.

Photograph: Shanghai Pacific Institute for International Strategy/Handout/Reuters