The Site of the Secret Liaison Office of the Central Branch of the Tongmenghui is located at No. 61 Zhejiang North Road. In order to plan revolutionary activities in the provinces along the Yangtze River, in April 1911, Song Jiaoren, Tan Renfeng, Chen Qimei, and others met in Shanghai to discuss the establishment of the Central Branch of the Chinese Tongmenghui. On July 31, 1911, the founding assembly was held at Hubei Primary School on North Sichuan Road in Shanghai...
The former site of Dadong Bookstore is located at No. 330 and No. 331 North Fujian Road. Dadong Bookstore was one of the renowned printing and publishing institutions in modern times. It was jointly founded in 1916 in Shanghai by Lü Ziquan, Wang You Tang, Shen Junsheng, and Wang Junqing. In 1930, the main factory of Dadong Bookstore moved to No. 2 and No. 3 Beifujian Road (now No. 330 and No. 331 North Fujian Road), housing departments such as the General Affairs Office, Compilation Institute, Printing Workshop, and Warehouse. During the War of Resistance against Japan, the bookstore relocated to Chongqing, and returned to Shanghai in 1946 to continue operations until it was dissolved in 1956, subsequently integrating into the Shanghai Science and Technology Publishing House, Xinhua Bookstore, and Dadong Printing Factory. In addition to printing books, Dadong Bookstore also printed banknotes, postage stamps, revenue stamps, securities, and more, becoming an all-purpose printing facility equipped with lead type, offset, gravure, plate making, and binding workshops. The site originally consisted of two printing plant buildings constructed in 1902 by the Commercial Press, featuring three-story reinforced concrete structures with a total area of approximately 2,300 square meters.
The former site of the Shanghai Branch Office and Warehouse of the Bank of China is located at No. 1040 North Suzhou Road. The Bank of China traces its origins to the Qing Dynasty Ministry of Revenue Bank, established in August 1905 (the 31st year of the Guangxu reign) during the Qing Dynasty. It was the first government-sponsored joint public-private bank in China, with its head office in Beijing. By the end of the Guangxu reign, it had established multiple branches in cities such as Tianjin, Shanghai, and Hankou...
The site of the former Shanghai North Railway Station is located at No. 200 Tianmu East Road. In April 1908, after three years of construction, the Shanghai–Nanjing Railway was fully opened to traffic. Stretching approximately 311 kilometers from Shanghai North Station to Xiaguan Station in Nanjing, the Shanghai–Nanjing Railway became the first major railway trunk line built in the Jiangsu and Zhejiang regions south of the Yangtze River. After the railway’s inauguration, the Qing government’s…
The former site of the Chinese Commodities Exhibition Hall of the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce is located at No. 470 North Suzhou Road. After its establishment, the Shanghai General Chamber of Commerce, in addition to participating in political activities, expressing the views of the business community, and safeguarding the interests of merchants, also promoted commercial development through various initiatives. Starting in 1914, the Chamber set up a Commodities Exhibition Hall, and in 1920, it built the Chinese...
The Former Site of the Commercial Press Main Factory is located at No. 23, Lane 209, Baoyuan Road. In the 23rd year of the Guangxu reign of the Qing Dynasty (1897), Xia Ruifang, Bao Xian’en, Bao Xianchang, Gao Fengchi, and others founded the Commercial Press at No. 3, Dechang Lane, Jiangxi Road. In June of the 24th year of the Guangxu reign (1898), it moved to Shunqing Lane, Beijing Road. In the 28th year of the Guangxu reign…
Located at No. 61, Lane 457, North Shanxi Road. Originally built as a private residence by Qian Tianming, a local gentry and businessman in the late Qing Dynasty, it was purchased from the Qian family by the Liang family around the time of the War of Resistance against Japan. The residence faces south and consists of one row of buildings and one courtyard, in the style of a traditional Jiangnan-style garden home. It mainly includes a main building, a secondary building for workers, and a small garden on the south side, covering a total area of about 340 square meters. The main entrance is located…
The former site of Huiwentang Printing House is located at No. 6, Lane 125, Huiwen Road. During the May Thirtieth Movement in 1925, to promptly guide and promote the anti-imperialist patriotic campaign, the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and the Shanghai General Labour Union had a large volume of documents and propaganda materials that needed to be printed and published. In June, the Central Publishing Bureau of the CPC established an underground printing facility within Fuxing Li Lane on Huiwen Road...
Tianfei Palace is located at No. 3 Henan North Road. It was constructed upon the petition of Chong Hou, an envoy to Russia, by the Qing government and completed in the 10th year of the Guangxu reign (1884). The temple faces south and features a north–south axial symmetry. From south to north, the layout includes the main gate tower, stage, east and west wing rooms (viewing stands), bell and drum pavilions, the Hall of the Heavenly Queen (Tianfei Hall), …
is a cultural heritage site under the protection of Jing'an District, located at Lane 759, Kangding Road. Built in 1926, it is an independent garden residence that once served as the mansion of the prominent Zhu Douwen family. Zhu Douwen was the grandson of Zhu Hongdu, who founded China’s first privately-owned modern textile mill. The enterprises he established, including the Yuyuan Cotton Mill and Yutong Flour Mill, had branches across the country. The building is of brick...
The former site of the Central Military Commission of the CPC is located at the intersection of Xinzha Road and Datian Road in Jing'an District. The building was constructed in September 1919 and is a century-old, traditional Shikumen lane residence. Originally part of Jingyuan Lane on Xinzha Road, its current address is No. 12, Lane 613, Xinzha Road, and it is a protected cultural heritage site of Shanghai. In 192…
Guide Shanghai Zoo is located in the western suburbs of Shanghai, adjacent to Hongqiao International Airport. Originally named Xijiao Park, it was renamed Shanghai Zoo in 1980. The zoo is home to nearly 600 species and over 6,000 rare animals, including China’s precious species such as Pere David's deer, giant pandas, golden snub-nosed monkeys, white-lipped deer, Siberian tigers, and Chinese alligators, as well as...
Shanghai International Exhibition Center is located in the Hongqiao Economic and Technological Development Zone. Its 12,000 square meters of modern exhibition space is equipped with a variety of advanced exhibition facilities and offers broadband access, providing exhibitors with a first-class showcase platform. The ground floor hall has a ceiling height of 8.1 meters, meeting the needs for creating tall display items and header board designs...
On May 15, 1981, the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee approved Soong Ching Ling as a member of the Communist Party of China. On May 16, the 18th meeting of the Standing Committee of the 5th National People's Congress decided to confer upon her the honorary title of Honorary President of the People's Republic of China. On May 29, 1981, Soong Ching Ling passed away due to ineffective medical treatment for leukemia...
Shanghai Zhongshan Park was originally the private garden of the British real estate magnate Hogg in old Shanghai. In 1914, it was converted into a concession park. After nearly 90 years of development and construction, it has become an urban park characterized by natural scenery such as large trees, lawns, wooded hills, and water surfaces, blending Chinese and Western garden cultures with profound historical and cultural significance...
Shuixia Park is bordered by Xianxia Road to the south, Shuicheng Road to the east, and residential areas to the west and north. In 1995, the park covered an area of 11,800 square meters. The site was originally farmland and creeks. At the end of 1987, to support the development of the Xianxia residential community, the municipal government invested 850,000 yuan to transform the area into a park. The construction project was overseen by the Shanghai Municipal Gardens...
Tianshan Park is located at No. 1731 Yan’an West Road. It covers an area of 73,300 square meters, including 36,600 square meters of green space, 16,700 square meters of water surface, and 953 square meters of nursery beds. At the entrance, a potted-style flower bed in the small square at the gate serves as the centerpiece, flanked by clusters of trees and flower bushes that extend inward with varying densities and heights of greenery...
Gubei New District is located along Hongqiao Road in the western part of Shanghai’s urban area, adjacent to the Hongqiao Economic and Technological Development Zone. It primarily features high-standard residential complexes for expatriates, while also incorporating commercial and foreign trade functions. Situated close to the Hongqiao Economic and Technological Development Zone, the entire district is divided into three subdistricts and 24 blocks. The first subdistrict is a comprehensive area mainly composed of high-rise apartments, office towers...
Hongqiao Park is located within a plot of land west of Zunyi Road, north of Xianxia Road, and south of Zi Yun West Road in the Hongqiao Development Zone. It covers an area of over 20,000 square meters, with the currently completed Phase I project spanning more than 18,000 square meters, including over 13,000 square meters of green space. Hongqiao Park is hailed as the "night pearl" of the Hongqiao Business District. The park lighting, built with an investment of 2.8...
The Changning District Revolutionary Cultural Relics Exhibition Hall was once the former site of the editorial office of "Bolshevik," an early central party publication. In October 1988, it was restored as the Changning District Revolutionary Cultural Relics Exhibition Hall and opened to the public. The exhibition hall covers a construction area of 224 square meters, with exhibits divided into two areas: the first floor hosts the "Changning District Revolutionary Historical Materials and Sites Exhibition"...