The old Paris of the Orient is today more like the New York of the China Coast. Truly, it retains plenty of reminders of its century as an open, international city, where merchants, missionaries, scholars, adventurers and other opportunists came to try their luck. The grand old banks, hotels and shipping offices still dominate one bank of the Huangpu River, but directly opposite is Pudong, the new Shanghai, where Asia's new 'Wall Street' is developing.

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The Chinese capital ranks with the great cities of the world and embodies the heritage of a 5,000-year old civilization, with masterpieces of Ming Dynasty architecture and such historic sites as the Great Wall and Ming Tombs. Today, the municipality is also a dynamic modern metropolis and headquarters for business corporations.

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