Pudong

See also: pudong, pūdòng, and Pǔdōng

English

Pudong New Area in Shanghai

Alternative forms

• (obsolete) Pootung, P'u-tung, Putung

Etymology

The atonal Hanyu Pinyin romanization of the Mandarin 浦東 / 浦东 (Pǔdōng, literally “East Bank”), derived from its position east of the Huangpu River.

Proper noun

Pudong

1. A new area in Shanghai, China.
   • 2004 June 2, Alexandra A. Seno, “DOING BUSINESS : Shanghai seizes the gilded, glitzy day”, in The New York Times‎^[1], →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on February 10, 2024, Style‎^[2]:

     Where just 20 years ago there were rice paddies, now stands the new and ultramodern Pudong financial district and its imposing office towers. On Puxi, across the river, is the Bund, a collection of stately Art Deco buildings from the 1920s and '30s that call to mind old parts of New York or London.

   • 2007, Xuebing Zhang, “Foreword”, in Shanghai Pudong‎^[3], →ISBN, →OCLC, page ix:

     Pudong is an important district of Shanghai. Over the past decade, it has made resounding achievements with its speedy economic development, which has in turn promoted the development of Shanghai as a whole and established its own position and image. Former Chinese leader Jiang Zemin praised Pudong as “an epitome of Shanghai’s modernization drive and a symbol of Chinas reform and opening-up.” As the Chief of Pudong New Area, I can proudly say that Pudong deserves such praise.

   • 2021 July 15, Samuel Shen, Emily Chow, “China to crack down on use of leanness enhancers in cattle and sheep”, in Alistair Bell, editor, Reuters‎^[4], archived from the original on 15 July 2021‎^[5]:

     China will support the development of offshore yuan trading in Shanghai, and will explore yuan futures trading, as part of efforts to further reform and open up the city’s Pudong New Area, according to guidelines published on Thursday by China’s State Council, or cabinet.[...]
     China will also help Pudong become a high-tech hub, with a focus on areas such as semiconductor, life science and artificial intelligence (AI).

Translations

Large district of Shanghai, China

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 浦東 / 浦东 (zh) (Pǔdōng)

See also

• Puxi

Further reading

• Pudong, Pootung, P'u-tung, Pu-tung, Putung at the Google Books Ngram Viewer.
• Saul B. Cohen, editor (1998), “Pudong”, in The Columbia Gazetteer of the World‎^[6], volume 3, New York: Columbia University Press, →ISBN, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 2522, column 3