Shanghai Transforming

Shen Xiaoming is a photographer from Zhejiang who has made a name for himself in the last year for his portraits of government buildings around China. From 2005 to 2006, China witnessed the biggest surge in the construction of government building, many of which are located in the new development zones. Such buildings have become the key strategy for the new zones to draw economy and draw investments, he says. The political symbolism comes of these buildings come in the second place. (Shanghaiist)

Hohhot, Inner Mongolia

Erdos, Inner Mongolia

Pudong District, Shanghai