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The south railway station (see my previous comment) is a big round station, only for south-bound slow trains.Look new, what happen to the old railway station?
Welcome to China!I want to visit this beauty.
No that fast....Within few years the China would get a developed country tag.
While India would remain in limbo.
OMG, pls don't get stuck into PPP too much....
That is some great landscaping and planning
Shanghai has PARKS!
Like all Chinese big cities, downtown Shanghai is full of parks, big and small, everywhere.
Though not as good as cities like Kunming, Nanning, Shenzhen, Dalian, Xiamen,
Shanghai's parks are better than most 10+million-population cities abroad.
During the rapid development and urbanisation, old parks remain and are renovated, new parks are designed.
They are lively from the very early morning.
At night, parks are more lively than in the daytime....Here comes the Aunties.....
Shanghai may look like a jungle of buildings from afar, but when you walk inside the city, you will never feel really pressed by the modernity.
Parks, commercial buildings, apartments, are organically integrated.
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OMG, pls don't get stuck into PPP too much....
No that fast....
Upper income is just a few years away, but that does not mean developed.
This is the right term in Chinese, moderately developed by 2050(1949-2049).
The recent goal is a moderately prosperous society by 2021.
Nearly every city and province has come up with their individual master plan for 2050.
All efforts in the next 2-3 decades are for 2049-2050!
China’s vision for the next 30 years
Every five years, the Communist Party of China (CPC) convenes a National Congress, where two key decisions are made: who will lead China for the next five years, and what path to development those leaders will follow. The CPC’s recently completed 19th National Congress did all that and more.
Beyond choosing the next politburo standing committee, the 19th party congress re-elected President Xi Jinping as the CPC’s leader and added his eponymous ideology—“Xi Jinping Thought”—to the party’s charter. The congress also produced a blueprint for the country’s future development until 2050, one that reflects the changes that economic reform and opening have brought to China.
In his address to the 19th party congress, Xi declared that, because China can largely deliver basic necessities to its people, the goal now should be to improve their quality of life. With that in mind, the 19th congress charted a new road map, based on the “two centennial goals” inherited from the 18th congress. The first centennial goal is to build a “moderately prosperous society” (xiao-kang) by 2021, the 100th anniversary of the CPC’s founding. The key here is to ensure broad prosperity, with poverty all but eliminated.
The second centennial goal is to transform China into a “fully developed and advanced nation” by 2049, the 100th anniversary of the founding of the People’s Republic. The vision, confirmed at the congress, is for China to be a prosperous, civilized, harmonious, and modern socialist society, boasting strong governance. Such a China would be a leading global power, ranking high among the advanced economies.
Standard urbanisation across ChinaThat is some great landscaping and planning
Whatever terms you apply to China, one term that does not apply is “superpower”. Just look into Facebook and there are no China superpower page. China seek prosperity instead is Supa Powa status...
Unlike Supa Powa 2012.....
What? @Bussard Ramjetthere's "superpower" Facebook pages? sounds super lame, useless, and a massive cringe.
Different mentality and philosophy?Shanghai and other first tier cities are not developed yet or finished development in the eyes of planners and strategists, it will be in the phase of development for many more decades.
Those that understand the vision and depth of the issue will understand why Chinese find certain developing countries touting they will become a developed nation in 10-30 years very comical. Perhaps there a difference in definition of "developed" but your standards determine your potential. Some countries may be complacent with Shanghai or China's over all development but Chinese are not.
China's development outline
2013-2016: Mobilization of society, raise public awareness of initiative, coordinate and restructure national resources to prepare for development
2016: Begin planning of national rejuvenation/development
2020: End extreme poverty, GDP reach $10,000, establish joint military command, military motorization complete
2021: Moderately well-off/prosperous 小康社会, finish basic planning of national rejuvenation and begin development (Begin primary development phase)
2025: Raise critical industrial components to 70% made in China. (Primary development phase)
2030: Complete urbanization at 70% urbanized (Primary development phase)
2035: Basically modernized, industrial base is complete and modern, world leader in science, technology, economy, and business, military fully modernized (Primary development phase)
2049: Ends primary development and becomes moderately developed, enters top 40 developed nations, world leading military, realise national rejuvenation (Begins moderate development phase)
2080: Becomes a developed country
2100: Top 10 developed nations
China is not developed and has only solved basic needs of its people. What is considered development in the grand vision hasn't started. Only a few major projects are initiated or revealed, and only started its planning. China knows its backwards and far from success. What China is doing, including very inefficient activities is to build up/prepare the society's functions for the century long development drive. There are critics saying OBOR is failing due to X,Y,Z but the development hasn't started. Testing is just beginning, issues in testing is normal, the real project will take 1-2 centuries to complete. Have dreams but be patient and realistic.