The Walt Disney Company and Shanghai Shendi Group, its joint venture partner in China, have broken ground on the Shanghai Disney Resort following approval from the Chinese central government in Beijing. Both companies marked the start of construction on the first Disney resort in mainland China at a groundbreaking ceremony held earlier today. “Today marks...

The first steel column of the Shanghai Disney Resort Project Administration Building was installed this week at the resort build site. The Project Administration Building will become the new workplace for a team of approximately 1,000 Imagineers from Walt Disney Imagineering Shanghai, Disney’s creative specialists who are tasked with designing and building Shanghai Disney Resort...

Shanghai Disney Resort is launching its first recruitment campaign in Shanghai to hire skilled local talent to support the development of this world-class family vacation destination. This initial recruitment drive, the first of many recruitment initiatives, will focus on technical and creative positions required during the design and construction phase of Shanghai Disney Resort. The...

At a ceremony held at the Shanghai Disney Resort build site earlier today, the Shanghai Shendi Construction Company Limited marked the completion of site formation work and handed over two key land parcels to the Shanghai International Theme Park Company Limited, one of the owner companies of Shanghai Disney Resort. The handover ceremony was attended…

To coincide with International Volunteer Day and Walt Disney’s birthday, December 5th, Shanghai Disney Resort partnered with Chuansha New Town People’s Government and Habitat for Humanity China to organize a “School Beautification Program” Disney VoluntEARing event at Yuxi Primary School in Chuansha Township, Pudong, where Shanghai Disney Resort will be located. Volunteers from the Shanghai...

In the lead up to the Chinese Spring Festival, construction work on building the magic of Shanghai Disney Resort continues on schedule. The Resort’s Show Production Center (SPC) will be a key “backstage” building to support the construction of the resort’s theme park, Shanghai Disneyland. Scheduled to be operational in the second quarter of 2013,...

With the Chinese Spring Festival drawing near, leadership and VoluntEARS from Shanghai Disney Resort visited the resort build site and brought the construction workers holiday greetings and new year gifts, as well as a little surprise Disney magic. As most of the workers are from other parts of the country and will go home to...

As construction of the Shanghai Disney Resort continues on its theme park and associated facility development, the Shanghai Disney Resort Management Company today released a new image of the overall resort concept. Innovative new design and technology practices are being used in guiding the development work of the resort, including resort modeling and Building Information...

To coincide with the World Earth Day, April 22, Shanghai Disney Resort partnered with local NGO “Shanghai Roots and Shoots” to launch an organic garden “Adopt A Garden” program at Liuzao Primary School in Chuansha New Town, Pudong, near to where Shanghai Disney Resort will be located. Volunteers from the Shanghai Disney Resort management and...