An exhibition — “40 Years On: Multinational Companies in Shanghai” — atHongqiao Paradise Walk drew a large group of journalists from across the countryon Wednesday. The exhibition, which will last until November 12, tells the story of 40 multinational companies which have witnessed the city's rapid development since 1978.

The exhibition has been organized by Shanghai Daily, news website Eastday.com and International Channel Shanghai, with the guidance of the Information Office of Shanghai and the Shanghai Commission of Commerce, and support from the Shanghai Association of Foreign Investment and the Shanghai Daily MNC Communication Club.

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Journalists from all over China learn about Shanghai's dramatic development over the past 40 years at the exhibition in Hongqiao.

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Journalists use their phones to take pictures of one of the displays at the “40 Years On: Multinational Companies in Shanghai” exhibition atHongqiao Paradise Walk.

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An iconic image on display at the two-week “40 Years On: Multinational Companies in Shanghai” exhibition is recorded by one of the visiting journalists.