1997底,经国务院批准,杭州市把原隶属于萧山的三个沿钱塘江乡镇独立建制为(高新)滨江区,这是一个尖端高科技集中落户的新兴区,在整个杭州大都市的发展规划中,滨江区将建设成为杭州的城市副中心,而且将努力成为“第二个浦东”。某种意义上说,杭州城市的发展将实现从传统的“西湖时代”到现代的“钱塘时代”的大战略转移。 At the end of 1997, with the approval of the State Council, Hangzhou independently built three townships along the Qiantang River originally under Xiaoshan into a (high-tech) Binjiang District, an emerging area with cutting-edge high-tech industries. Throughout the development of Hangzhou’s metropolitan area , Binjiang District will be built as the city sub-center of Hangzhou, and will strive to become “the second Pudong.” In a sense, the city’s development in Hangzhou will achieve a major strategic shift from the traditional “West Lake era” to the modern “Qiantang era.”