Poput svih kineskih gradova, Nanjing ubrzano raste. Zidine koje su se očuvale još iz srednjeg vijeka zatvaraju povijesni grad, smješten između Grimizne planine na zapadu i rijeke Yangtze na istoku. Rijeka je dugo vremena predstavljala prirodnu granicu razvoja. Tek 1993. godine, s ekonomskim boomom, zona ekonomskog razvoja Pukou (PZER) planirana je na drugoj strani Yangtzea. Pet od šesnaest četvornih kilometara PZER-a bili su izgrađeni do 2004. godine. Urbanistički projekt novog razvojnog plana sastoji se od kao u svim slučajevima novih kineskih projekata – mreže širokih ulica, završenih puno prije nego što je započeto s gradnjom objekata.
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Like all cities in China, Nanjing is rapidly expanding. The still existing medieval wall encloses the historic city, located between the Purple Mountain in the west and the Yangtze River in the east. For a long time the river was the natural boundary for development. Only in 1993, with the opening up of the economy, the Pukou Economic Development Zone (PEDZ) was planned on the other side of the Yangtze. Five of the 16 square kilometres of the PEDZ had been built by 2004. The urban design for the new development is like in all other cases of new Chinese development a grid with huge streets, completed long before the construction building starts.
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