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Shanghai Shanghai of China

Shanghai of China

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Map of Shanghai

Municipality: Shanghai · 上海市
Coordinates: 31°12′0″N 121°30′0″E
Country: People's Republic of China
Settled: 5th-7th century
Incorporated:
Town: 751
County: 1292
Municipality: July 7, 1927
Divisions:
County-level: 18 districts, 1 county
Township-level: 220 towns and villages
Government:
Type: Municipality
CPC Municipal Sec.: Yu Zhengsheng
Mayor Han Zheng
Area:
Municipality: 7,037 km2 (2,717 sq mi)
Land: 6,340 km2 (2,447.9 sq mi)
Water: 679 km2 (262.2 sq mi)
Urban: 5,299 km2 (2,046 sq mi)
Elevation: 4 m (13 ft)
Population (2008):
Municipality: 18,884,600
Density: 2,683.6/km2 (6,950.5/sq mi)
Time zone: China Standard Time (UTC+8)
Postal code: 200000 - 202100
Area code(s): 21
GDP (2009):
Total: US$224 billion (nominal) US$410.8 billion (PPP) (7th)
Per capita: US$12,529 (nominal) US$21,795 (PPP) (1st)
Growth: 9.7%
HDI (2006): 0.917 (1st)
License Plate Prefix: 沪A, B, D, E, F,G ,H, J; 沪C (outer suburbs)
City Flower: Yulan magnolia
Website: http://www.shanghai.gov.cn (Chinese)

Shanghai , also named "Hu" or "Shen" in short, is situated at 31"14' north latitude and 121"29' east longitude, and in the middle of China's east coastline. It occupies a total area of 6,341sq.km. (of which Pudong new Area occupies 523sq.km.), with a total resident population of 16,000,000. It has a pleasant climate, with four distinct seasons. The average temperature is around 18oC and the annual precipitation is 1,240mm.

Shanghai , an open city on the coast and a famous historical and cultural city, is a gate to the Yangtze River delta. It is a municipality under the direct jurisdiction of the Central Government, the largest economic and trade center, a comprehensive industrial base and the leading port in China.

Shanghai is well known in the world not only for its prosperous cosmopolitan feature but also for its rich humanistic resources. In recent years, a number of modem buildings have been added to the city, such as the Oriental Pearl TV Tower, Shanghai Museum, Shanghai Library, Shanghai Stadium, Shanghai Grand Theatre, Shanghai Circus City, Shanghai City-Planning Exhibition Hall and Jin Mao Tower, Shanghai Science & Technology Museum. They have become new scenic sights in Shanghai. Colorful festivities, like Shanghai Tourism Festival and Shanghai China International Art Festival, have attracted an increasing number of tourists from home and overseas.

Shanghai's tourist infrastructure is getting more and more accomplished. By the end of 2002, there were 40 international travel services, 524 domestic travel services and 300 star-rated hotels with about 50,000 rooms. Shanghai is an ideal "paradise for shoppers". There are commercial streets and shopping areas like the famous Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mall, Huaihai Road, Sichuan Bei Road, Yuyuan Commercial and Tourist Area, the Ever Bright Commercial City, Xujiahui Commercial City and Zhangyang Road Commercial City in Pudong. There, shops stand rows upon rows with large collections of beautiful commodities, meeting the needs of tourists of different levels. Shanghai is also the paradise for gourmets. There are over a thousand restaurants serving the 16 different styles of food in China, such as the Beijing, Sichuan, Guangdong, Yangzhou, Fujian, etc. There are Western restaurants serving French, Russian, Italian, English, German, Japanese and Indian food and also Muslim and vegetarian food. In Shanghai, one can have a taste of all the delicacies in the world. Shanghai is well developed in communications by land, water and air. There are over 40 Chinese and foreign air companies opening about 300 air routes dispatching from Shanghai. Shanghai Railway Station dispatches everyday 80 pairs of trains back and forth from Shanghai. There are the Shanghai-Nanjing, Shanghai-Hangzhou-Ningbo Freeways. The Pudong International Airport has opened for traffic. Its annual passenger transport volume will be 20,000,000 person/times. Plus that of the Hongqiao International Airport, it will be 30,000,000 person/times. Subways No.1 and 2 and the light-rail first phase project are in operation. Together with the 10 special tour bus lines connecting Shanghai with neighbouring tourist areas, they will render faster service and more convenience in urban communications to tourists. Recently, the magnetic buoyant train has been opened to the public. It offers travelers a zero height of flight at 430 km/hr.

On Dec. 3, 2002, Shanghai succeeded in winning the bid for the sponsorship of World Expo 2010. The world has given China a share of luck and Shanghai will add more splendor to the world Shanghai is ushering in excellent opportunities for development. People of Shanghai warmly welcome visitors from home and overseas.

Shanghai History

Shanghai Museum During the Song Dynasty (AD 960–1279) Shanghai was upgraded in status from a village (cun) to a market town (zhen) in 1074, and in 1172 a second sea wall was built to stabilize the ocean coastline, supplementing an earlier dike. From the Yuan Dynasty in 1292 until Shanghai officially became a city for the first time in 1297, the area was designated merely as a county (xian) administered by the Songjiang prefecture.

Two important events helped promote Shanghai's development in the Ming Dynasty. A city wall was built for the first time during in 1554, in order to protect the town from raids by Japanese pirates. It measured 10 meters high and 5 kilometers in circumference...

Shanghai History

Shanghai Climate

The Bund Shanghai summers are hot and humid with temperatures reaching 40 degrees Celsius. The rainy season begins in June. Fall is mostly mild. In winter (January to February) temperatures can reach below freezing. Spring begins again in March. Click here for 3-day weather forecast for Shanghai.

Weather during November to April is the coldest and temperatures range between 3.5oC to 13.7oC (38.3oF to 56.7oF). Weather in May, June, September and October is cooling, ranging between 18.6oC to 23.5oC (65.5oF to 74.3oF). Climate in July and August starts to turn warm and temperature can go up to 28oC (82.4oF)...

Shanghai Climate

Shanghai Culture

Shanghai Old Street Exposed to Western influences as well as unparalleled economic development, pre&dash;war Shanghai was the nursery of many modern developments in Chinese culture. Lu Xun led the development of modern Chinese literature during his time here and literature by Shanghainese writers followed his lead. The prints and graphic arts of the period are rightly renowned as important cultural manifestos for new artistic styles and fashions. Shanghai cinema likewise was an important catalyst for China's cultural evolution. All this ended with the war and the Communist government has since kept a tight lid on cultural and other forms of activity. Cultural experimentation that has happened since has been more or less controlled. Well supported ensembles, such as the Shanghai Ballet Company, the Shanghai Broadcasting Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, the Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and the Shanghai Municipal Performance Company, keep Shanghai at the forefront of official culture...

Shanghai Culture

Shanghai Transportation

Shanghai Maglev Train Shanghai is an enormous city and traveling on buses can be hard work; the routes, and particularly the stops, are not easy to figure out and buses are jam packed at rush hour. The subway, metro and light railway system, on the other hand, is the best way to get around town. Taxis are cheap and hassle-free as long as you avoid the rush hours. As private cars become increasingly affordable to the new middle class, traffic is becoming noticeably heavier, a trend that will only worsen. The city took a big swipe at traffic congestion in 1999, investing more than a billion dollars in transport – building overpasses, a second metro line and a light railway within a year. Unfortunately there is still not enough space for everyone at rush hour and from around 7am to 9:30am and 4pm to 6:30pm the streets are unbelievably crowded...

Shanghai Transportation

Shanghai Food

Xiao Long Bao (Little Dragon Bun) Shanghai is an enormous city and traveling on buses can be hard work; the routes, and particularly the stops, are not easy to figure out and buses are jam packed at rush hour. The subway, metro and light railway system, on the other hand, is the best way to get around town. Taxis are cheap and hassle-free as long as you avoid the rush hours. As private cars become increasingly affordable to the new middle class, traffic is becoming noticeably heavier, a trend that will only worsen. The city took a big swipe at traffic congestion in 1999, investing more than a billion dollars in transport - building overpasses, a second metro line and a light railway within a year. Unfortunately there is still not enough space for everyone at rush hour and from around 7am to 9:30am and 4pm to 6:30pm the streets are unbelievably crowded...

Shanghai Food

Shanghai Geography

Bird's-eye view Shanghai Shanghai , called "Hu" for short, is a bustling metropolis with a total area of 6,341 square kilometers (about 2,448 square miles).

Shanghai is situated at 31'14' north latitude and 121'29' east longitude in central-eastern China, along China's coastal line, facing the East China Sea at the mouth of the Yangtze River. Connected with Jiangsu and Zhejiang provinces in the west, the city is bordered by the East China Sea in the east and Hangzhou Bay on the south. North of the city, the Yangtze River flows into the East China Sea. The name Shanghai means 'on the sea'...

Shanghai Geography

Shanghai Expo 2010

The China Pavilion Expo 2010 (simplified Chinese: 2010上海世界博览会 Pinyin:Shànghǎi shìjiè bólǎnhuì) will be held in the city of Shanghai, China from May 1 to October 31, 2010 and is a scheduled World Expo in the tradition of international fairs and expositions. The theme of the exposition will be "Better City - Better Life" and signifies Shanghai's new status in the 21st century as a major economic and cultural center. It is expected to generate the largest number of visitors in the history of the world's fairs in terms of gross numbers. The expo Logo features the Chinese character 世 ('world') modified to represent three people together with the 2010 date...