Day Two in Shanghai 12/20

Our second day in Shanghai started with a business trip to Kuehne & Nagel where we were given a very good presentation of the company. Look to the earlier post to find out what K&N is all about, but this presentation seemed to particularly grab the interest of the majority of the group because of its focus on the logistics of conducting business in China. Here we were also first introduced to the importance of the new deep sea water port being constructed in the southeast region of Shanghai. As seen below, the room where the presentation was held was also quite impressive. Sitting in the room gave the feel that our group was composed of important executives within the company which always helps to gain our respect in listening.



After visiting Kuehne & Nagel the group had a good lunch near the site of a Coca Cola bottling plant in Shanghai which we visited once we had finished eating. The picture below is what the group first saw when exiting the elevator on the floor of our business presentation. As we stepped into this room we were instantly exposed to a different world, the world of Coke. The presentation was given by a Chinese woman from Coke University, and we were then guided through a level of the building to view the bottling plant floor. Like other manufacturing floors, we were not allowed to take photos of this process.



After our two business visits of the day, there was a group of four of us who went to the Bund area of Shanghai at night to check out some of the sights because the night was so clear. The first picture below is a shot of what will be the tallest building in the world once it is completed. The second photo is of the tallest hotel building in the world which is what our group of four decided to ascend to the top. Once we reached the top of this building we were able to take in the beauty of the Bund at night in Shanghai. The last picture depicts our view of the TV tower in Shanghai from our high perch in the hotel. This is another circumstance where the pictures don't do justice to the beauty of the area, but where the experience was breathtaking.