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About Shanghai
Shanghai Introduction
The largest city in China-Shanghai lies on the central eastern coast at the mouth of the Yangtze River. With a population of over 20 million, Shanghai is the biggest center of finance and commerce in mainland China and the largest cargo port in the world. It is one of the most developed cities in China. Besides its leading role of economic development, Shanghai also serves as an important center of culture, finance, science, trade, industry, and information in China. Being described as the “Paris of the East”, Shanghai is the one of the busiest hubs of commerce and finance in Asia Pacific.
The canal that flows through Shanghai and meets the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is called Huangpu River. It has nurtured the people and the land on both banks for thousands of years. The bank in its west is called Puxi District (the west of Huangpu River); while the east side is called Pudong District (the east of Huangpu River).
As a newly emerging tourist destination, Shanghai is renowned for its historical and cultural relics such as the Bund and City God Temple in Puxi District. While the Pudong District presents a different but prosperous and modern view: the Oriental Pearl TV Tower (468 meters in height), Jinmao Building (420.5 meters in height), and Shanghai World Financial Center (492 meters in height), making them the one of the grandest skylines in the world. The Shanghai Center (680 meters in height) which will be completed in 2014 will surely provide a crowning touch to the skyline. Today, Shanghai is known to the world as the “showcase” of the fastest growing economy in the world.
Like Hong Kong, Shanghai is a booming melting pot of the Eastern and Western culture. It is recorded that since 1992, many people from other provinces in China and other parts of the world have come to Shanghai to live and work happily with the local people, enriching the cultural fabric of Shanghai. Besides, more and more global enterprises are swarming to Shanghai, making Shanghai become well-known to the outside world.
Shanghai is a paradise for sightseeing, shopping, and dining. Buildings with Chinese and foreign architectural styles erect on both sides of the Huangpu River. Cargo ships are bustling at the port. Shopping malls and tiny shops stand right next to each other here. You will never have to worry about finding restaurants, bars, bookstores, museums, or galleries in Shanghai.
At night, Shanghai is a sleepless city with dazzling neon lights and flashing billboards along the street sides. People keep going in and out of bars, parties, restaurants, and movie theaters till late at night. One of the most attractive elements of Shanghai is that Western and Eastern culture coexist in this cosmopolis. Shanghai is always a land of surprises for you to explore and find out.