Living in Shanghai..first impressions..

Skyscrapers, big buildings, red lights, yellow letters I don’t understand, cars and taxi driving around, this is what I see from the big window of my hotel room, here in Shanghai.
I have spent some days so far in this amazing city where the food, the people, the language, the habits, the time, the weather, the sky are different from what I am used to see.

And what do I see here?

A busy city that is going fast, an economy that is growing exponentially, skyscrapers that are built by day and by night, many construction sites, malls, big hotels, a polluted sky, traffic and many many many people..yes 23 millions people all in the same city.

As part of my study-trip I am taking class on entrepreneurship, strategy, negotiations and Chinese culture every morning at Jiao Tong University (SJTU) and visiting Chinese and Spanish companies in the afternoon. I am also meeting entrepreneurs who have decided to take the challenge and set up their own business in such a fast growing and developing countries. In the past few days I have been visiting the biggest Chinese steel company (Baosteel), the biggest Chinese solar panel factory (EAR Solar Co. ltd) and met young entrepreneurs and consultants who shared their professional and personal experience in this country.

It is clear China is opening its economy and its door to the world and the world is more and more interested in entering that door, but what kind of development China is running toward? what is the environmental impact of such a rapid growth? and what are the main challenges and opportunities involved in this process?

I have these questions in my mind since when I landed here..but I don’t have the answers yet..hopefully at the end of my trip I will have a better view and some answers.

Zài giàn!

Pu Dong, the financial district: the new Shanghai

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