A few images from my first week in Shanghai

A view of the Lilly Office from my hotel room at the Langham Xintiandi.  Lilly is on the 15, 21, 23 floor currently, but is constantly moving due to the growth of the affiliate.  The Finance team and many others will be moving to the 16th floor in April.

On Saturday morning, I walked North from the Xintiandi area towards The Bund, a tourist spot on the Huangpu River that runs through Shanghai dividing the city into the Puxi (west) and Pudong (east) sides.  This view is from Puxi to the skyline of Pudong.  You can see the Oriental Pearl Town, as well as the Shanghai World Financial Center (bottle cap opener looking building on the far right).

While walking along The Bund and enjoying a "sunny" day - at least 3 people Chinese people asked to take pictures with me. "you are so beautiful they said...." haha we are all interesting to people that are different than us

A view of Najing Road - a major shopping street, that was very busy even on a Saturday morning

Michael Retter and Kathleen.  Retter and I went to IU together and had several classes together at Kelley, as well as a lot of common friends.  He works for a consulting firm based in Chicago, and was one of a few people that opened an office in Shanghai last year.  His girlfriend Kathleen is local Shanghainese and AWESOME!  They have made my first week in Shanghai very easy and its so nice to have a friend in a new city!

Lilly China Research and Development Company (LCRDC) site groundbreaking on Monday March 14, 2011.  John Lechleither, CEO, giving the welcome.  The site is located in Pudong in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech park, about 45 minutes away from the main office.

Lilly executives cutting the ribbon.

 Preparing the Champagne Toast.

The ribbon cutting event for LCRDC was a really great ceremony and a cool event.  The building was literally an empty warehouse with a beautiful foyer that they finished just in time for the event.  The decorations in this space worked out great and made it feel very local.

Much more to share.... headed home on Saturday!