开放:上海实现跨越式发展的原动力

Open:The Motivaty of Leapfrog Development in Modern Shanghai

1843年11月17日上海正式开埠,从此上海城市经济发展驶入了一条快车道。五口通商时期,上海由东南重镇脱胎为中国外贸重心;19世纪60年代长江开放,上海走向"大上海",跃升为全国的贸易中心;20世纪20年代大开放格局时代,上海成为中国的多功能经济中心、远东巨埠、国际名城。在上海的发展历程中,开放是贯穿始终的主线,是近代上海崛起的起点,也是上海长期保持领先优势之重要原因。正是上海这种向全国、向全世界敞开大门的胸怀,吸引着五湖四海的人才云集于此,各种生产要素聚集于此,从而缔造了近代上海的神话。

Shanghai opened the port on November 17th, 1843; since then, the economy of Shanghai had grown exponentially. During the period in which five treaty ports were opened throughout China, it was Shang- hai that became a center of international trade instead of just an important east-southern town. The Yangzi River economic zone has been open since the 1860＇ s when Shanghai became ＂ Big Shanghai＂, transforming from a fishing village into China＇ s trading center. In the 1920＇ s, the grand opening era, Shanghai became the multi- functional economic center of China, a large port in the Far East, and an internationally recognized city. Throughout the history of Shanghai＇ s development, openness is the overall theme. It is the starting point of Shanghai＇ s growth, and the motivation of Shanghai＇ s bounding development. As a result of the openness to the whole country and the whole world, Shanghai was able to attract exceptional talent and gather different production resources, thus creating the tale of Modern Shanghai.