Luodian, Shanghai
Town in Baoshan, Shanghai, China
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Luodian (Chinese: 罗店; pinyin: Luódiàn) is a town in Baoshan District about 25 kilometres (16 mi) from central Shanghai, China. Luodian Old Town dates back to the Yuan Dynasty. Modern developments include Luodian Industrial Zone,[1] and Luodian New Town, also known as North European New Town, which is a new town with a Nordic architectural theme. Luodian is a replica of Sigtuna.
Luodian has an area of 44 square kilometres and had a registered population of 49,700 in 2008.[2] It is served by Shanghai Metro Line 7, whose northern extension to Luodian's Meilan Lake Station opened in 2010.[3]
Luodian New Town is a product of the One City, Nine Towns initiative, which was introduced in 2001 and which was the flagship urban design program for China's Tenth Five-Year Plan (covering 2001–2005).[4]: 133, 138 Each of the suburban districts of Shanghai was assigned a new town, each with its own theme. Luodian received a new town with a Swedish theme. Other Western themes used to date are English, Italian, Spanish, Canadian, Dutch and German.[5] Swedish architects Sweco produced the design for the new town, whose planned total area is 6.8 square kilometres.[6] Its central area, completed in 2004, was built with an artificial lake, Meilan Lake, inspired by Sweden's Lake Mälaren.[7] As of 2010 the town was still incomplete.[6]
The new town's Lake Malaren Golf Club hosts the BMW Masters, a golf tournament which in 2012 became an event on the PGA European Tour.[8] The tournament took place for the first time in 2011, when it was called the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters.[9]
Luodian Industrial Zone has an area of 2.7 square kilometres.[2] It is a subzone of Shanghai Baoshan Industrial Zone, which is an Economic and Technological Development Zone.[10]
