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Jeff Blythe returned to direct the updated film, which would used new footage of the country shot in 2002, along with scenes from the original film, and scenes shot in 1981 that had never been used. Imagineer Steve Spiegel wrote the screenplay for the attraction's new scenes <ref name="Chinanews"> http://www.china.org.cn/english/culture/43324.htm </ref>
Disney's film crews arrived in September 2002 for two months of filming<ref name="Chinanews"/>. Joined by filmmakers from the the China Research Institute of Film Science, the team set out to record new footage in seven Chinese cities<ref name="Chinanews/"/>. Among the biggest additions to film, were scenes featuring Hong Kong and Macao which were not governed by the Chinese when the original film was made. In a similar fashion, film crews also reshot Shanhai, which had been modernized in the preceding twenty years. Other scenes, including the Great Wall, Tienanmen Square, Beijing, Harbin, and Urumqi were all updated for the 21st century <ref name= "Jack"/>. When commenting on the updated film, Jeff Blyth noted:
{{Quotation| "The biggest difference is that 20 years ago we had permission to film on these locations, but people did not really understand what we were doing. We did not get as much cooperation as we are getting now"<ref name="Chinanews"/>}}
