Since the Third Plenary Session of the Eleventh Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, Shanghai’s economic and social development has constantly achieved new leaps and bounds, with tremendous achievements and remarkable changes. During the magnificent process of reform and opening up, all fronts in Shanghai have emancipated their mind, explored boldly, dared to venture and try, and dared to be the first in the world under the leadership of the municipal party committee and the municipal government. In all areas of reform and opening up, a number of reform cases and innovative figures have emerged, leaving many vivid stories of reform and innovation, which is the historical witness of Shanghai's reform and opening-up. With historical evolution as the clue, historical events and historical figures as the joints, this book concisely narrates in the form of telling story, outlines the development process of Shanghai’s reform and opening up in the past 40 years, especially since the Eighteenth National Congress of the Party, it also records the solid steps of pioneering and enterprising people in Shanghai, and describes the vicissitudes and dramatic changes that stir people's hearts in Shanghai.