Posted 2017/4/23
Nanjing Road (Chinese: 南京路; pinyin: Nánjīng Lù) is the main shopping street of Shanghai, China, and is one of the world's busiest shopping streets.Today's Nanjing Road comprises two sections, Nanjing Road East and Nanjing Road West. In some contexts, "Nanjing Road" refers only to what was pre-1945 Nanjing Road, today's Nanjing Road East, which is largely pedestrianised. Prior to 1949, the road's English name was rendered "Nanking Road" using the standard romanization of the time.
Nanjing Road is the world's longest shopping district, around 6 km long, and attracts over 1 million visitors daily.
Location
Nanjing Road is located in the city center, running in a west-east direction. Its eastern section (南京东路) is in Huangpu District (黄浦区) and extends from The Bund (Wai Tan-外滩) west to People's Square. The western section (南京西路) begins at People's Square and continues westward towards Jing'an District.
Get in
Metro Line 2 runs under Nanjing Road for much of the way, intersecting with Line 1 and line 8 at People's Square.
Shanghai City Air Terminal (near Metro Jing'an Temple) opened in March 2008. Consisting of three parts -- the main hall, the hallway and the lounge -- Pudong International Airport's T2 has a combined floor space of 546,000 square meters. With T2 in operation, Pudong can now handle 490,000 flights annually, with a passenger capacity of 60 million.
