The Observation Deck of Jin Mao Tower is on Level 88, with a height of 340 meters above ground and an area of over 1,400 square meters, boasting its being the highest and the largest top-floor observation deck so far in China. Having a speed of 9.1 meters per second, tow express elevators will take visitors right up to the Observation Deck in 45 seconds. The Observation Deck, 8 meters in height, and surrounded by glass, aluminum and stainless steel walls, secures a bright and comfortable light. As it commands a panoramic view, visitors may look out of the window and see the Huangpu River winding through the city like a snake with shining waves resembling fish scales. When looking down below, they will get a birds’ eye view of the city: high-rise buildings of various styles stand like a forest, presenting a scene of boundless variety; streets busy with traffic crisscross the city, amidst the hustle and bustle of Shanghai; last but not least, there are the Nanpu Bridge and the Yangpu Bridge, with the Oriental Pearl TV Tower standing gracefully in between, offering a wonderful picture of “Two Dragons Playing with a Pearl”.
Jin Mao Tower also boasts a Grand Hyatt Hotel from the 53rd to the 86th floors, which makes it the loftiest hotel in the world. All hotel rooms (555 in all) are located above the 58th floor, giving guests an unparalleled view of Shanghai. People staying at the hotel will have a unique experience, because the building is so high, they must call downstairs to see if it is raining.
Shanghai International Convention Center
Shanghai International Convention Center is located to the southwest of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower. It was opened for business in August 1999, and the ’99 Fortune Global Forum was held here. Shanghai International Convention Center covers an area of 45,000 square meters with a total floor space of 110,000 square meters.
Shanghai International Convention Center consists of several modernized halls. The 45,000-square-meter multi-function hall, which can serve as an exhibition hall as well, is one of the largest in China. Without a single column, the grand hall embodies great momentum. Provided for the guests are the latest audio-visual equipment, satellite conferencing, simultaneous translation, etc.
The 800-seat meeting room is the key meeting room in Shanghai International Convention Center, which includes 800 representative seats in the main hall and a 150 seating press gallery in box. The meeting room is not only equipped with 10 plus 1 simultaneous translation system, speaking and voting systems for representatives and rostrum, and stereo amplifier, but also provided with systems such as video camera, computer interface and objects projection, which are necessary for international conferences.
Shanghai International Convention Center Hotel provides presidential and executive suites and standard rooms approaching 260 keys, and it offers restaurants of Chinese and Western cuisine together with a special tea house and café as well. As to the recreational facilities, the hotel is equipped with a night club, a gym, a singing and dancing hall, a health club, etc. the roof garden is the best spot to admire the Bund and to breathe the freshness of the garden flowers.
Lujiazui Central Green
Lujiazui Central Green is located at the Pudong entrance of the East Yan’an Road Tunnel. It was founded in 1997 with an area of 100,000 square meters. It is now the largest “Urban Green” in Shanghai.
At the entrance, eight steel “flowers” show a springing-up vitality. There are a 65,000-square-mete lawn and an 8,600-square-meter man-made lake in the shape of a diminutive Pudong Area in the heart of the green. There is in the green a combination of fountains, which spray water up to 50 meters high. The huge white tent, resembling a white conch, stands by the lake, extending an easy mood of relaxation to the tourists in the spreading green land. Winding orange concrete pavements make up a pattern of white magnolia, the city flower of Shanghai.
Dotting on the lawn weeping willows, white magnolias, gingkoes, cedars, pines, camphor trees, and maples. Two hundred-year-old Ju trees are planted just to the north of the green land. To the south of the green land, the graceful old buildings in Lujiazui Development Exhibition Hall surrounded by about 200 giant camphor trees add much to the vigor and liveliness of the green land.
The Riverside Promenade
The Riverside Promenade is 2,500 meters long. It starts from Taitongzhan Dock in the north, and ends up at Dongchang Road Dock in the south, nicely incorporating tourism, greenery, transportation and service facilities.
The Riverside Promenade is Shanghai’s East Bund in the 21st century, consisting of touching-water platforms, sloping green land, sightseeing routes, and Riverside Garden (former Pudong Park), which has been in existence for 50 years.
Standing by the riverside balustrades on the touching-water platform, visitors can enjoy a good view of the historic buildings on the West Bund. Turning to the other side of the platforms, visitors are greeted by a stretch of a gradually rising sloping field, where the flowers and the shrubs are shaded in the emerald green grass. In the park, lakes, kiosks, small bridges, rockeries, flower corridors, paths with giant arboreal and luxuriant flower shrubberies, offer visitors a sense of being away from the hustle and bustle of the city.
Installed along the Riverside Promenade are 21 groups of spurting fountains, symbolizing the 21st century, the glass-wall panorama hall, the shipyard’s wharf of 70 years, a colossal iron anchor, a huge stone mushroom with the “Riverside Promenade” engraved on it, and the Oriental Pearl Wharf resembling a flying seagull. These man-made, natural, solemn, and delicate scenes are in harmony, complementing each other with their beauty.
The Century Park
The Century Park is situated in the Huamu Administrative and Cultural Center of Pudong Area. The park is 8 kilometers from the downtown area, and 24 kilometers from Hongqiao International Airport. Covering an area of 140.3 hectares, it is the largest ecological city park rich in natural features in Pudong Area as well as in Shanghai.
The overall plan is designed by the British LUC Company. The total investment is one billion RMB. The park highlights a large-area lawn, woods and lake, embodying the integration of oriental and occidental landscape art, and the concept of “human returning to nature”. There are seven scenic areas in the park, including a pastoral area, a scenic area, a beach area, a lawn area, a birds protection area, an international garden area and a small gold course. The park also includes an outdoor musical theater, a meeting plaza, a children’s recreation place, an angling place, with such landscaped spots as high post fountains, music pavilion fountains, a century clock of flowers, colossal relief sculptures, streams, a pebble and sand beach, a gingko road and a green pond. Inside the park, there are crisscrossed paths, undulating hills, evergreen trees and limpid water. Walking through the park, one feels in a land of peace and tranquility free from work and worry.
The Oriental Pearl Wharf
Taking shape on the Pudong side of the Huangpu River in 1998, the Oriental Pearl Wharf, a modern yacht wharf, is part of the Oriental Pearl Scenic Area. The wharf, in the shape of a seagull, is made of glass and steel. At night, the whole structure looks like a crystal pavilion. It has a floor space of 6,000 square meters, a waiting room, a VIP room, a restaurant and a bar.
The wharf is used for ferries and yachts. After it was put into service in 1998, people can take a yacht to the Riverside Promenade on the east side of the river and enjoy the splendid views of the city’s waterfront.
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum
Shanghai Science and Technology Museum is an important social and cultural project funded and established by Shanghai Municipal Government in implementing China’s basic policy of “revitalizing the nation through science and education”. It is also a base for science popularizing and education with “Nature, Mankind and Technology” as its theme. It integrates exhibition and participation, education and scientific research, cooperation and exchange, collection and manufacture, leisure and tourism into one entity. With the aim off improving the scientific attainments of the public and promoting the scientific advancement of the entire society, it is expected to be the window to advocate scientific knowledge, scientific methods, scientific ideology and scientific spirit for the whole community, especially for youngsters.
The museum covers an area of 68,000 square meters with a floor space of 98,000 square meters, built with a total investment of 1.758 billion yuan.
The museum consists of seven exhibition areas: the Earth’s Crust Exploration, Wide Spectrum of Life, Light of Wisdom, Children’s Science and Technology Land, Audio Visual Paradise, Cradle of Designers and Museum of Natural Science. It has an IMAS 3-D large screen theater, an IMAX dome theater and an IWERKS theater. For back-up facilities, it has a conference hall, a multi-functional hall and a bank.
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