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Shanghai World Financial Center, Pudong, Shanghai, China

About Pudong

Three decades ago the east bank of the Huangpu River was mostly farmland, warehouses and docks facing the grand facades of the Bund. In 1990 it was named a special development zone, and Pudong has since grown into the futuristic half of Shanghai, a district of more than five million people with the glass towers of Lujiazui, Shanghai's main international airport and Disneyland.

Pudong is more than its skyline, though. Beyond the financial district stretch Century Park and a cluster of museums, the former Expo 2010 grounds with the red China Pavilion, and further out old canal towns, wetlands and the round Dishui Lake near the sea. The world's first commercial maglev line links Longyang Road with Pudong Airport at speeds of up to 300 kilometres per hour.

For visitors it makes a natural counterpart to the Bund: walk the Lujiazui riverside promenade, ride up the Jin Mao Tower or the Shanghai World Financial Center, explore the Museum of Art Pudong, and save a day for Disneyland or the quiet lanes of Xinchang.

Best seasonMarch to May and October to November for pleasant weather; summers are hot and humid with heavy rain.

Ideal stayTwo days: one for Lujiazui's towers, river and museums, one for Disneyland, Century Park or Xinchang.

ArrivingShanghai Pudong International Airport is within the district; Metro Line 2 links it with Lujiazui, and the maglev runs to Longyang Road.

Pudong Has So Much to Discover: 12 Highlights

Viewpoints 3

Lujiazui Riverside Promenade

Along the curve of the Huangpu in Lujiazui, a landscaped riverside walk faces the colonial-era banks and hotels of the Bund direct...

Jin Mao Tower

Completed in 1999, this 420-metre tower was the first of Lujiazui's supertall buildings, and its tiered form takes inspiration fro...

Shanghai World Financial Center

Opened in 2008, this 492-metre tower is known for the trapezoid opening at its top, which gave it the local nickname of the bottle...

Entertainment 1

Shanghai Disneyland

Opened in June 2016, this resort in the southeast of Pudong was the first Disney park in mainland China. It centres on the Enchant...

Parks 1

Century Park, Pudong

The largest park in central Pudong spreads around a big lake with lawns, woods, bridges and gardens laid out in a blend of Chinese...

Museums 3

Shanghai Science and Technology Museum

Beside Century Park, this large museum explores science through themed halls on the natural world, the human body, robots, informa...

China Art Museum

The crimson pavilion that represented China at Expo 2010 now houses one of the country's largest art museums. Its upside-down pyra...

Shanghai Astronomy Museum

Opened in 2021 in Lingang, near Dishui Lake, this branch of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum is one of the largest astro...

Arts 1

Museum of Art Pudong

Designed by the French architect Jean Nouvel and opened in 2021, this white, cubic museum sits on the Lujiazui waterfront with gia...

Family 1

Shanghai Ocean Aquarium

Close to the foot of the Oriental Pearl Tower, this aquarium leads visitors through zones devoted to different oceans and to Chine...

Wildlife 1

Shanghai Wild Animal Park

In the south of Pudong, this large wildlife park lets visitors ride in protected buses through enclosures of big cats and bears, t...

History 1

Xinchang Ancient Town

Far from the skyscrapers, Xinchang grew up around salt making in the Song dynasty and still keeps canals spanned by stone bridges,...

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