Shanghai Municipal Government has planned to build Lingang New City in Nanhui District, Shanghai, separated only by a bridge from Yangshan Deepwater Port. It is one of the six major industrial bases and three new cities which Shanghai will build as key projects in the 11th Five-Year Plan period.

The planned area of Lingang New City is 297 sq.km. with a planned 830 thousand population. The development and construction of Lingang New City is a key shining point in the urban development of Shanghai in the 21st century. Lingang New City will have five coordinated functional parts: the main city area, heavy equipment industrial area, logistic park, main industrial area and comprehensive area (Refer to Drawing 12-2   Simulative Drawing of the planned Main City Area of Lingang New City).