The Development Course of Pittsburgh, USA

/kloc-In the late 7th century, European colonists established fur trading posts. /kloc-In the middle of the 0/8th century, French colonists established a stronghold in Duquesburg. 1758 was occupied by British colonists, and the city was named after British Prime Minister William Pitt. 18 16 merged with some nearby settlements. The Pennsylvania Canal was completed in 1837, and the railway arrived in 185 1 year, becoming an important land and water transportation hub.

At the beginning of the 20th century, Pittsburgh's industry and commerce developed rapidly, becoming the center of the American industrial revolution, and a large number of pioneers of the industrial revolution were born. Andrew carnegie, the king of steel, established Carnegie Steel Company (later became the American Steel Company), which once monopolized more than half of the steel production in the United States and became the trust of the steel industry; Andrew Mellon founded the Mellon consortium, became the richest man in the United States at that time, and later became the US Treasury Secretary; George Westinghouse, American engineer and manufacturer. Many of its inventions have won more than 400 patents, including air braking (1869), railway braking signal facilities (1882) and practical methods of power transmission. He founded Westinghouse Electric Company at 1886; Heinz founded the world food giant Heinz Company.

On September 24th and 25th, 2009, the G20 Summit was held at the david lawrence Convention Center in Pittsburgh. Because of the characteristics of steel, bridges, sports and robot manufacturing, Pittsburgh is nicknamed the city of steel, the city of bridges, the city of champions and the city of robots.

In 1950s, the government began to transform Pittsburgh. By the 1970s, the focus of transformation had shifted to the improvement of urban environment. At this time, the government began to realize that improving the environment alone is not enough to transform the city, so it began to formulate and implement the strategy of regional economic diversification, and shifted the focus of transformation to promoting the development of emerging industries. This strategy achieved remarkable results in the late 1980s. Pittsburgh has retained some competitive large-scale traditional enterprises, such as USX, which produces steel and transportation equipment, Westinghouse Electric, which produces electrical equipment, Alcoa, which mainly produces aluminum products, and produces food.

Heinz, PNC Bank and Mellon Consortium. Driven by the University of Pittsburgh and Carnegie Mellon University, a number of high-tech enterprises engaged in R&D and production of computer software, robotics, artificial intelligence, biotechnology and biomedicine have developed, forming a diversified industrial structure dominated by high-tech industries such as metallurgy, biopharmaceuticals, chemicals, computers, information and finance. Since the 1990s, Pittsburgh has been marching towards a world-class city, with the fourth largest international airport in the United States and a large number of hotels, cultural and sports facilities. By strengthening urban infrastructure and improving the investment environment, it has attracted a lot of foreign investment. At present, 220 foreign companies have representative offices in Pittsburgh. The American headquarters of more than 65,438+000 foreign companies, such as the famous Bayer Company in Germany, are located here. After half a century's transformation, Pittsburgh has also made remarkable achievements in social development, and now it has become a banking, medical and health and high-tech center in the United States. In terms of education, there are 28 colleges and universities in Pittsburgh, which accommodate more than 654.38 million college students. Colleges and universities are not only the base of high-tech enterprises, but also provide a large number of employment opportunities for the society. According to the statistics of 1997, the University of Pittsburgh has 9,700 faculty members and 1000 medical center employees, which exceeds that of American Airlines 1000 in Pittsburgh.

2 1 century, Pittsburgh has been transformed into a prosperous industrial and commercial city famous for biotechnology, computer technology, robot manufacturing, medical care, finance and education, and has become a model of successful urban economic transformation in the United States.

In 2009, The Economist named Pittsburgh the most livable city in the United States. In addition, Pittsburgh has one of the lowest crime rates in the United States.