Shanghai 上 海 - Nanjing Road 南京路伦

Nanjing Road in Shanghai, the so-called No 1 shopping street on the Chinese mainland, is being groomed over the next 10 years into a world-class commercial destination. About 18 billion yuan (US $ 2.17 billion) of Shanghai investment will be fed into the an ambitious project to build the century-old Nanjing Road into a first-class commercial destination in the next ten years. The remodeling of Nanjing Road has aroused interest from many world-famous enterprises. Executive officers from 28 top multinationals such as AOL Time Warner, Louis Vuitton and Nike, gathered at a two-day Nanjing Road International Forum that started on November 21, 2001 to seek investment opportunities and to share each other’s experiences. The project will be completed by 2010. The Nanjing Road will be built into a leading world-class commercial destination, like the Champs Elysees in Paris and Fifth Avenue in New York. Mckinsey麦肯锡﹠Co, one of the world’s largest consulting companies, is participating in the current project to design the street’s new image. The company has spent three months investigating such world-famous streets, including London’s Oxford Street敦的牛津街 and Tokyo’s Ginze东京的银座. Based on the success of those streets and an in-depth study on the strengths and insufficiencies of Nanjing Road, Mckinsey presented a plan to divide the street into three sections. The first section, from the Bund to Henan Zhouglu, will be known as Heritage Shanghai“海上情怀”段. The section is mainly for sightseeing and quality goods shopping. The second section, from Henan Zhonglu to Xizang Zhonglu, will be called as Cosmopolitan Shanghai“都市世上”段. The section will house China’s largest street mall. Apart from dozens of flagship fashion boutiques, an 8,000-square-meter market selling sedans will also be included in this section. The third section, running from Xizang Zhouglu to Chengdu Beilu, will be known as A Taste of Tomorrow“明日之约”段. The section will be designed mainly for recreation and entertainment. Of the 18 billion yuan (US $ 2.17 billion) to be invested, only a small section of the infrastructure is Nanjing Road won’t be turned into an expensive consumption district like Ginza in Tokyo. It will maintain its character: to serve the people.

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