Lying near the mouth of China's longest river and namesake of our school, Shanghai stands at the forefront of the revolutionary changes taking place in the Chinese economy.

Registering double-digit growth every year since the introduction of reforms almost two decades ago, Shanghai's ever-rising skyscrapers have come to represent the seemingly limitless possibilities of China's future.

China's business center, Shanghai is the seat of Mainland China's largest stock exchange and busiest port, as well as the headquarters of a growing number of corporations—a status Shanghai is quite familiar with as the financial giants HSBC and AIG were founded here.

For more than a century Shanghai has thrived as the meeting point between East and West. The city's architecture, cuisine, parks, and cultural life are a tribute to the dynamism and energy of its residents, new and old.