Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street
Runs east from the Bund to People's Square in the west, about 1.5 km in total length; one of China's earliest commercial pedestrian streets
Visitor info
- Opening hours
- Open all day
- Ticket
- Free
Price is indicative — final quote on inquiry.
Runs east from the Bund to People's Square in the west, about 1.5 km in total length; one of China's earliest commercial pedestrian streets. After Shanghai opened as a treaty port in 1845 it gradually became the "foremost commercial street of the Far East"; the former sites of the "Four Great Companies" — Wing On, Sincere, Sun Sun and Da Sun — were the birthplace of the great department stores of the Republican era; Century Square and the sightseeing "dangdang" tram run through the street, and holiday crowds number in the hundreds of thousands. Wing On, which opened in 1917, pioneered China's modern department stores, and the story of the "Good Eighth Company on Nanjing Road" also took place here; since becoming a pedestrian street in 1999 it remains the commercial landmark most visited by Chinese and foreign tourists, and its east end connects on foot to the Bund viewing platform.
Getting there: Metro Line 2/10, East Nanjing Road Station
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