By Dai Jun, Director and Asia Executive Representative of NITA Group

I want to use two words to describe my impression of this project and the city Shanghai: one is "Open"; the other is "Efficient".

"Open" refers to its open culture, open idea and open aesthetics. Our proposal is a very characteristic unconventional design. Although we have taken Chinese cultures and regional cultures into consideration in choosing this design direction, different nations have different cultural differences and aesthetic tendencies, so we have estimated it may not be accepted or recognized. To our surprise, however, when the project is carried out, many participants in this project can understand and recognize this proposal well, and the repulsion or opposition didn' occur as expected, which lets us appreciate deeply the openness, internationalism and comprehensiveness of Shanghai culture.

"Efficient" refers to the high efficiency in Shanghai I have experienced in the whole process of this project from the design to construction. Rapid coordination, advancing and implementation under complicated conditions, the organizer's high efficiency is really marvelous and lets everything "impossible" turn into "possible". The rhythm of this internationalized metropolis makes us feel the pulse of China's development.