HavingbeenlivinginShanghaiformorethan12years，Iamamazedattheever-changingphenomenoninthecityandoftengetindulgedinponderationuponherhistory。ThelongerIliveinShanghaiandthemoreilearnabouther，themorefascinatedIbecome。　　NotwithstandingthefactthatShanhaiasacityisonlyalittlemorethan100yearsold，itistheepitomeofthecontemporaryChinesehistory。ItwasfromShanghaithatmodernwesterncivlizationrushedintoChina，itwasinShanghaithattheearliestChinesenationalindustryemergedandtheearliestmoderncommercialbankwasestablished。ThefoundingoftheChineseCommunistPartyisthemostinfluentialthatthePartyexpandedtothewholecounrtyandfoundedthePeople’sRepublicofChinain1949。BeingthedrivingpowerfortheChineseandglobaieconomies，todayShanghaihasgrownintoanenergeticworldfamousmetropolis。