One of my friend said my blog looks like created for colleagues. I think it is true cos' I want to record my "experience of working in Shanghai" which was my purpose for the secondment. However, I don't want to bore everyone by talking about work all the time. I think even my colleagues won't be interested in talking about audit all the time after a full day of work.
So let me take this standby period to tell you more about Shanghai.
Some people aske me why I applied to second to Shanghai while I am originally from Beijing. I always pick an easy answer to different people. To Chinese friends, I said I don't want to be supervised by my parents in Beijing. To Western friends, I said the environment of Shanghai is more open than that of Beijing and Beijing is too political. To colleagues in Shanghai, I said I heard Shanghai office is more like Toronto office. To colleagues in Beijing, I said cos' Shanghai office sent two people to Toronto, and I am just like an exchange. All of the reasons are partially true. There are also some other reasons: Shanghai has more FI clients and an established FI team, and personally, I like to stay in somewhere that I am not so familiar with.
Huangpu River divided Shanghai into Pu Xi (Huangpu River West) and Pu Dong (Huangpu River East). The Bund I mentioned is the waterfront of Huangpu River at Pu Xi side.
Bund of Huangpu River in the north and south West Bank 4 km long, is an important symbol of Shanghai. The buildings on the west side of the Bund formed in the early 20th century, the 20th century, the 1930s and known as a "state of exposition," said. 1996, the Bund buildings as a key national cultural protection by the State Council. Waibaidu Bridge in the north to the south of Nanking East Road, the Bund buildings is the essence. In the meantime, 1.5 km west of the Bund, cream erected Customs House, the south wing of the North Building Peace Hotel. HSBC buildings, the original 52 blocks of Gothic, baroque style, Roman style, classic style, the Renaissance style. various Western-style buildings. Although the architects of these buildings from different hands, the style is quite different, but unified architectural style, building contour coordination Huangpu River in the beautiful skyline and the West Bank drew the line together.
The Bund in 1930's:
Tourists on the Bund
People from Shanghai used to think Pu Dong is the countryside. However, nowadays, following the development of Pu Dong, Lu Jiazui at Pu Dong became the financial centre of Shanghai. Most of my clients are actually located there where foreign investors could take tax advantages.
This is a picture of Lu Jiazui, Pu Dong, taken from the Bund at Pu Xi. The TV station is called "Oriental Pearl"
The New Financial District in Pu Dong.
I remember when I was young when China had scarce resourses, my parents always bought toys and cloths for me during their Shanghai business trips. And these toys and cloths were always envied by my friends. Known as "the Oriental Paris", Shanghai is a shopper's paradise. One of the musts for tourists is Nanjing Road.
Huaihai Road intrigues those with modern and fashionable tastes, 
while Sichuan North Road meets the demands of ordinary folk.
In addition, Xujiahui Shopping Center, Yuyuan Shopping City, Jiali Sleepless City are thriving and popular destinations for those who are seeking to buy something special as a memento of their visit.
A wide variety of cuisines can be found in the City and Shanghai offers a plethora of culinary delights focusing on the traditions of Beijing, Yangzhou, Sichuan, Guangzhou as well as its own local dishes of "Ben Bang Cai". Shanghai's restaurants are among the finest to be found in China and they welcome diners from anywhere at any time. Normally, I spend CNY 10 - 20 ($1.42 to $2.85) for the lunch. There are numorous small restaurants in the area of the office building. When I meet with my friends, we always go to some fine restaurants in the old house with garden. I really love to eat in those old houses where used to be the residential places of some famous warlords or bigwigs during the colonial time.
One of the restaurant we went called "Xi Jia Hua Yuan" (Family Xi's Garden)
Steep Stairs inside the restaurant:
(To be continued).
I completed the review of the prospectus at 12am. It is released in the next day. This job is over :D
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