This 468 meters high (1,536 feet) tower is the worlds third tallest TV and radio tower surpassed in height only by towers in Toronto, Canada and Moscow, Russia. However, even more alluring than its height is the towers unique architectural design that makes the Oriental Pearl TV Tower one of the most attractive places anywhere. The base of the tower is supported by three seven-meter wide slanting stanchions. Surrounding the eleven steel spheres that are "strung" vertically through the center of the tower are three nine-meter wide columns. There are three large spheres including the top sphere, known as the space module. Then there are five smaller spheres and three decorative spheres on the tower base. The entire structure rests on rich green grassland and gives the appearance of pearls shining on a jade plate."The night piece of Oriental Pearl TV Tower"

Visitors travel up and down the tower in double-decker elevators that can hold up to fifty people at the rate of seven meters per second. The elevator attendants recite an introduction to the TV Tower in English and Chinese during the rapid 1/4-mile ascent. Once you reach your destination, you will be amazed at the variety of activities available as the various spheres and columns actually house places of interest, commerce, and recreation. The inner tower is a recreational palace, while the Shanghai Municipal History Museum is located in the towers pedestal. The large lower sphere has a futuristic space city and a fabulous sightseeing hall. From here, on a clear day a visitor can see all the way to the Yangtze River. The base of the tower is home to a science fantasy city. The five smaller spheres are a hotel that contains twenty-five elegant rooms and lounges.

Shanghai Museum 
 The museum was opened in 1996, offers a spectacular collection in a superb setting. Its 11 state-of-the-art galleries house Chinas first international-standard exhibits of paintings, bronzes, sculptures, ceramics, calligraphy, jade, Ming and Qing dynasty furniture, coins, seals, and minority art. The bronze collection is reputedly the best in the world.

Yuyuan garden
Located in the center of Shanghais Old City is Yuyuan Gardens, one of the few remaining old tourist sites in Shanghai. Surrounding  the gardens is Shanghais bazaar, a maze of small streets and alleyways where vendors sell their wares and food stuffs to the visiting tourist and locals. Yuyuan is believed to date to the 16th century when Zhang Nanyang, an architect, was commissioned by the Pan family of the Ming court to build the gardens. Built in traditional Chinese style with numerous rock and tree garden areas, ponds, dragon-lined walls and numerous doorways and zigzagging bridges separating the various garden areas and pavilions.

Jade Buddha Temple:
 In the western part of Shanghai, a very modern and flourishing city, there is a venerable and famous Buddhist temple, Jade Buddha Temple. In 1882, an old temple was built to keep two jade Buddha statues which had been brought from Burma by a monk named Huigen. The temple was destroyed during the revolution that overthrew the Qing Dynasty. Fortunately the jade Buddha statues were saved and a new temple was built on the present site in 1928. It was named the Jade Buddha Temple.

The Bund:
Shanghais cosmopolitan atmosphere today has its roots in a long history as a center for trade dating to 960 AD As a result of the Opium Wars in the 1840s, the British imposed the Treaty of Nanjing on China thus forcing China to open Shanghai up to westerners. Foreign interests quickly consumed most of what is now central Shanghai . It was in Shanghai that the Communist party was founded in 1921 and, in 1960, it was here that the Cultural Revolution began and its headquarters were established. During the Cultural Revolution the Red Guard began destroying anything that was not defined by the Communist Party as Socialist Realism, including anything foreign, Buddhist, or just old, like many of the Colonial buildings. Many of these things survived the worst of China s growth and learning experiences, and they are there in Shanghai for us to enjoy today. The Bund is one of the remaining vestiges of Shanghai s colonial period. Zhongshan Dong Lu Road , or as Westerners call it, the Bund, parallels the western bank of the Juangpu Jiang River . It was here that the European, American and Japanese built their banks, trading houses, consulates and hotels. Renovated by the Chinese as a tourist attraction and brightly lit at night it is a spectacular sight when viewed from the promenade across the Bund and adjacent to the river.

Nanjing Road:
Nanjing Road in Shanghai, the so-called No 1 shopping street on the Chinese mainland, is being groomed over the next 10 years into a world-class commercial destination. About 18 billion yuan (US$ 2.17 billion) of Shanghai inverstnent will be fed into the an ambitious project to build the century-old Nanjing Road into a first-class commercial destination in the next ten year. The remodelling of Nanjing Road has aroused interest from many world-famous enterprise. Executive oficers from 28 top multinational such as AOL Time Warner, Louis Vuitton and Nike, gathered at a two-day Nanjing Road International Forum that started on Novermber 21, 2001 to seekinvestment opportunities and to share each others experiences. The projext willbe completed by 2010.