The overview of Shanghai

A rising star in the eastern world

Shanghai, a super city situated in the eastern world, is the show pony of China's booming economy.

It's the country's financial and commercial center, the largest and busiest container port, and the most populous city with the most comprehensive and advanced infrastructure. It is China's gateway to the rest of the world. Shanghai is historically a city of early adopters, a place full of people eager to welcome new ideas, try new things. This evident in the preponderance of international companies -- everything from automobile manufacturers to coffee shops. You see it in the restaurants they eat in and the clothes that they wear. Or even in the radically eclectic skyline designed largely by international architecture firms. Suffice it to say, the world is once again coming to Shanghai, except this time it's on Shanghai's terms.

SIGHTS

Shanghai is one of the world's great tourism destinations, and its range of attractions can be overwhelming. The sheer scale of the city is compounded by its extraordinary wealth of historic and contemporary attractions.

FACTS & PROFILE

As one of the biggest and fast developing modern city, Shanghai has moved up to the world-wide leading position in many industries. These honors brings in numerous "center" crowns to Shanghai, it leads in plenty of opportunities as well as challenges.

NIGHTLIFE

There was a time in Shanghai when if you wanted a proper drink, your choices were limited to the bar in your hotel or a lounge down the street. But today, Shanghai's nightlife scene is thriving and full of options. Clubs, lounges, bars, and more.

DINING

Shanghai offers a wide selection list on eating, you could easily find restaurants in various of cuisines: Chinese local cuisines, European, American, Latin, Mediterranean, Japanese, etc.

HOTEL

Shanghai's hotel industry has been put into a fast-developing mode over the previous 30 years. From the early stage, the city welcomed its first foreign capital invested hotel - the Jing'an Hilton Hotel in 1978, by which a set of globally acknowledged...

SHOPPING

From the earliest years of the modern period, Shanghai has been China's glistening shop-window, or urban display-case, through which the world sold itself to China, and China sold itself to the world.

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