中国共产党第十四次全国代表大会提出了“以上海浦东开发开放为龙头,进一步开放长江沿岸城市,尽快把上海建成国际经济、金融、贸易中心之一”的重大战略决策。2001年,党中央国务院在审核上海城市总体规划的批复中,又进一步明确要把上海建设成为国际经济、金融、贸易和航运中心之一。2001年2月7日,徐匡迪同志在上海市第十一届人民代表大会第四次会议上所作 The 14th National Congress of the Communist Party of China put forward a major strategic decision of “taking Shanghai’s development and opening up in Pudong as its lead, further opening up the cities along the Yangtze River and establishing Shanghai as one of the international economic, financial and trade centers as soon as possible.” In 2001, during the examination and approval of the general plan for Shanghai’s urban planning, the Party Central Committee and State Council further clarified that Shanghai should be built into one of the international economic, financial, trade and shipping centers. On February 7, 2001, Comrade Xu Kuangdi made a speech at the Fourth Session of the Eleventh People’s Congress in Shanghai