Pudong New Area would conduct studies and research into seven topics to further implement its wide-ranging reform program, a meeting of the district government decided yesterday.

The topics include:

How to play a leading role in Shanghai's efforts to build itself into an international economic, financial, trade and shipping center;

How to advance the development of democratic political systems;

How to promote the new round of Pudong's development by making full use of the World Expo in 2010;

How to draw up a more innovative scheme for achieving comprehensive reforms;

How to better serve the Yangtze River Delta and the whole country.

Pudong Party Secretary Du Jiahao and the director of Pudong New Area Zhang Xuebing attended yesterday's meeting.

(Source: www.made-in-china.com )