Xinjiangwan Wetland Park

Xinjiangwan Wetland Park

The former site of Jiangwan Airport in Shanghai's Xinjiangwan area is the only natural ecological "green gem" within the city, listed as one of Shanghai's four future model residential zones. The government has planned and invested in this valuable land resource, and after development, it will become a new Xinjiangwan oriented towards knowledge-based, eco-friendly residential communities and a garden city. Jiangwan is a thousand-year-old town with 9,000 acres of prime land, through which the flowing waters of the Huangpu River pass. It boasts profound historical and cultural heritage—famed Song Dynasty anti-Jin general Han Shizhong once stationed troops here, the famous Buddhist temple Yufo Temple was originally located in this area, and renowned writers such as Zhu Ziqing, Ye Shengtao, and Xia Yan founded Lida Academy here. As a result, Jiangwan was historically bustling with merchants and was a highly contested commercial hub, famously known as "Copper Jiangwan." The Xinjiangwan Wetland Park in the northeast of Shanghai is currently the world’s largest, most fully featured, most challenging, and highest-quality permanent extreme sports park.

The entire park covers an area of 12,000 square meters, far surpassing the 9,000-square-meter American Extreme Sports Park. In terms of ecological value, it serves as a large "green lung" in the urban area. After 1986, Jiangwan remained closed off for a long time, resulting in minimal human interference in its biological communities, with species compositions close to a "pristine state." Later, expert teams from various disciplines at the Shanghai Natural History Museum conducted ecological and species surveys in Xinjiangwan. The survey found that on the former Jiangwan Airport grounds, forest-shrub, forest, wetland, and farmland ecological environments have re-emerged. Currently, 36 bird species inhabit the area, soaring and flying here, accounting for over 88% of Shanghai’s summer bird species—more than the Sheshan area. This includes three Class II nationally protected bird species, 12 precious bird species under the China-Japan Migratory Bird Protection Agreement, as well as the newly discovered Lesser Coucal in Shanghai and the rarely seen urban “raptor among songbirds,” the shrike. In the water bodies of three green spaces, seven fish species were also discovered, among which the Pseudobagrus ussuriensis and the striated snakehead are rare in the urban area, while the Bradybaena similaris and the Anodonta woodiana have long been extinct in the city.

Such a high-quality ecological environment immediately attracted the attention of numerous experts from universities like East China Normal University and Fudan University, who pointed out: “This is the only natural ecological ‘green gem’ in Shanghai’s urban area!” Regarding its inherent value, Professor Lu Jianjian from East China Normal University once noted that maintaining the original ecology and water surface ratio is beneficial to increasing property prices. The existence of a green ecological zone not only improves the greening coverage in the Jiangwan area, but also, due to the presence of a significant portion of original wetlands within the Jiangwan green spaces, gives the area the dual functions of a "lung" and a "kidney," capable of improving microclimates and creating a green island effect. All of this makes Xinjiangwan more suitable for living and will accordingly increase the value of surrounding real estate.

Xinjiangwan Wetland Park is currently the world’s largest, most fully featured, most challenging, and highest-quality permanent extreme sports park. The entire park covers an area of 12,000 square meters, far surpassing the 9,000-square-meter American Extreme Sports Park. The park features the world’s longest and tallest “U” ramp and a “U” pool with a depth of 5 meters—facilities that are currently unparalleled worldwide and serve as the ultimate challenge platforms sought after by extreme sports enthusiasts.