VISITORS ADMIRE PUDONG FINANCIAL AREA IN SHANGHAI

PEK04:SHANGHAI,CHINA,28SEP98 - Visitors admire the Pudong New Area, Shanghai's booming financial district. Pudong attracted US$2.7 billion foreign investment in 389 contracts approved during the first eight months of the year and is carrying Shanghai's dreams of restoring its 1920s and 1930s glory days as Asia's leading financial centre. Pudong was opened to foreign investment in the early 1990s in China's on-going economic reforms. Picture taken 26SEP98. asw/Photo by Andrew Wong REUTERS