Shanghai Pudong is the classic example of how an “empty” urban construction project in the late 1990’s quickly became a fully occupied urban center, with a population today of roughly 5.5 million. A McKinsey study estimates that by 2025 China will have more than 220 cities with populations in excess of one million, versus 125 in 2010, and that 23 mega-cities will have a population of at least five million.
上海浦东便是一个经典例子，说明了20世纪90年代末的“空”城建设项目是如何变成拥挤的城市中心地带的。如今，浦东人口已经达到了550万。麦肯锡的一项研究估计，到2025年，中国将至少有220个人口超百万的城市，而2010年只有125个；更有23个大城市人口将突破500万。