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Shanghai, China City Information
Shanghai, China
General Information
Shanghai is a direct-administered municipality and the most populous urban area in China. It has a population of 29,558,908 in the urban area as of 2025. The city is located on the Chinese shoreline on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River bisecting the city. Shanghai is a global center for finance, business and economics, research, science and technology, manufacturing, transportation, tourism, and culture. The Port of Shanghai is the world's busiest container port. As of 2022, the Greater Shanghai metropolitan area was estimated to produce a gross metropolitan product (nominal) of nearly 13 trillion RMB.
Explore Shanghai through real walking tours, skyline views, and local life.
1. Shanghai 4K Walk – Bund to Yu Garden
2. Shanghai Walking Tour – The Bund Explained
3. Shanghai Street Walk – French Concession
4. Shanghai Walk – Nanjing Road to The Bund
Walk along Shanghai’s most famous shopping street toward the iconic skyline.
5. Shanghai Night Walk – Nanjing Road & Bund (4K)
Experience Shanghai at night with neon lights and skyline views.
Shanghai Highlights
The Bund
The Bund is Shanghai’s most iconic waterfront, offering historic European-style buildings facing a futuristic skyline.
Pudong Skyline
Pudong showcases Shanghai’s modern development with skyscrapers like Shanghai Tower and Oriental Pearl.
Nanjing Road & Night Life
Nanjing Road is known as China’s most famous shopping street, especially vibrant at night with neon lights and crowds. :contentReference[oaicite:0]{index=0}
Shanghai News
Latest Shanghai News
China Daily > China News
Education, health fees among key concerns
China to legislate on preschool education
China Daily > China News
Education, health fees among key concerns
China to legislate on preschool education
China Daily > China News
Satellite lofted for first Arab country
A Chinese-made communications satellite became the first "export" of such a spacecraft to an Arab country when it was launched by China on Monday for Algeria.
China Daily > China News
Satellite lofted for first Arab country
A Chinese-made communications satellite became the first "export" of such a spacecraft to an Arab country when it was launched by China on Monday for Algeria.
BBC News
China sentences official to death for taking $325m in bribes
The 69-year-old helped companies secure valuable contracts in exchange for money, a court heard.
BBC News
Fatal Typhoon Maysak floods burst dam wall in China
At least two have been killed by flooding due to Maysak, while another 480,000 have been evacuated across the southern Guangxi province.
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
Cristiano Ronaldo’s World Cup career ends as Spain defeat Portugal
Cristiano Ronaldo left the pitch for the last time at a World Cup, after Spain beat Portugal 1-0.
Al Jazeera – Breaking News, World News and Video from Al Jazeera
At least 16 people buried following landslide in China
The country has been hit by damaging thunderstorms, leaving at least 275 people injured.
We have selected seven stories from the SCMP’s coverage of Asia over the past week that resonated with our readers and shed light on topical issues. If you would like to see more of our reporting, please consider subscribing. 1. US touts regional ‘balance’ in missile sale to Singapore. What does it mean? Washington has recently approved a proposed US$22.3 million sale of additional Hellfire missiles to Singapore, with the US State Department declaring that the transfer and associated arms...
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Joy and tears as Hong Kong students receive secondary school allocations
Hong Kong’s Primary Six students received their secondary school results on Tuesday after years of hard work, with many elated and some already deciding what subject to major in at university or considering pathways to studying overseas. Tears of joy and relief filled the school hall at Yaumati Catholic Primary School (Hoi Wang Road) as students and parents received their long-awaited secondary school allocation results. Among them was 12-year-old Carmen Leung Ka-man, who collapsed into her...
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