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Pudong distributes much to city's industrial output
24/1/2005 9:39

Shanghai Daily news

Up to 25 percent of Shanghai's total industrial output for last year came from the Pudong New Area. The district generated 187 billion yuan (US$22.53 billion) in output value, up 16 percent from a year earlier. The district also created about 104,000 jobs last year, 56,000 more than the quota set by the city government.

£¤Doctors at Shanghai East Hospital in Pudong has for the third time successfully transplanted both a heart and lungs in a single operation, which took less than an hour. The patient, a girl surnamed Zhang who suffered from terminal congenital heart disease, is now in good condition and is already able to get about. The first person to get a double transplant at the hospital has so far remained alive for more than 500 days since the surgery, the oldest survivor of all who have received such a double transplant in China.