--FILE--A Chinese employee sells Mickey Mouse balloons in the Shanghai Disneyland during the trial operation at the Shanghai Disney Resort in Shanghai, China, 15 May 2016. Shanghai Disneyland sits at the core of the emerging 20-square-kilometre Shanghai International Tourism and Resorts Zone, in the centre of Pudong New Area, 21km southeast of the People's Square. This project began during the 12th five-year plan (2011-2015), and was a major part of the city's initiative to steer the economy away from manufacturing and towards services. Shanghai first started building this new catalyst of tourism, leisure, and residential living by liquidating a large industrial area, moving out an entire ensemble of factories, and clearing the land for development. The Disney resort itself occupies only a fraction (3.9 square kilometres) of the land set aside for this tourism zone, and sits at a core that is rapidly being surrounded by hotels, shopping malls, and higher-end residential developments.
