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This year marks the 40th anniversary of China's reform and opening up. It is also an important historical moment for Shanghai to promote reform and opening up in a new era and a new journey. The General Secretary pointed out that openness, innovation and tolerance have become Shanghai's most distinctive characters. This kind of character is a vivid portrayal of China's development and progress in the new era. Over the past 40 years, Shanghai has achieved its own magnificent transformation in the wave of reform and opening up. This book provides an in-depth review of 40 important events with Shanghai characteristics and national influence in the past 40 years, covering various historical stages and fields. In the form of storytelling, it sorts out the background, unearths details, and analyzes the implications, vividly showing Shanghai's magnificent and soul-stirring reform and opening up process, depicting Shanghai's urban character of "openness, innovation, and inclusiveness" in a three-dimensional way, and revealing why reform and opening up made Shanghai a success.