What Shanghai Is Famous For?
Shanghai is known as the cultural and economic center of East Asia and is often regarded as the most modern city in China. The city has the most modern buildings in the world, is home to the world’s financial center, the tallest skyscraper in China and the third tallest skyscraper in the world. This city is a truly fascinating fusion of Eastern and Western cultures, and there is a strong sense of cosmopolitanism in many parts of the city. However, in the past few years, due to the high demand for living standards, the consumption of urban life and tourism has become more and more expensive.
Shanghai is not only the largest city in China, but also the economic center, which is in the leading level in the world in many aspects. It not only has the largest number of skyscrapers in the world, but also has the tallest hotel, the largest transportation hub, the largest deep-water port and so on. The details are as follows:
The city with the largest number of skyscrapers in the world
According to the latest statistics, the total number of skyscrapers in Shanghai has surpassed New York, ranking first in the world! There are 30,000 high-rise buildings with a height of more than 24 meters and more than 400 super high-rise buildings with a height of more than 100 meters.
The tallest hotel in the world
At present, the tallest hotel in the world is Ritz-Carlton in Hong Kong, but the Shanghai Center J Hotel, which will open the year after next, will surpass him and reclassify the name of the world’s tallest hotel to Shanghai.
The world’s tallest Grand Hyatt Hotel
When Jinmao Tower was completed, Jinmao Hyatt was the tallest hotel in the world. After the opening of Park Hyatt, he changed his name to the world’s tallest Grand Hyatt Hotel.
The world’s tallest Park Hyatt Hotel
Park Hyatt Shanghai, located in the second tallest building in Lujiazui and at the top of Global Finance, is the tallest Park Hyatt Hotel in the world.
The lowest elevation hotel in the artificial pit in the world
In addition to being the tallest in the world, Shanghai also has the lowest elevation hotel built in a man-made pit-the Sheshan Shimao Shenkeng Hotel under construction.
The tallest bookstore in the world
Eslite Bookstore will be located in the 52nd and 53rd floors of the air lobby and the ground floor in the center of Shanghai, with a total area of about 6500 square meters, making it the highest bookstore in the world.
The tallest indoor Chinese garden in the world
The half-acre garden is located on the 37th floor in the center of Shanghai, 173 meters above the ground. This Chinese garden is certified by the World Records Association: the world’s tallest indoor Chinese garden.
The world’s tallest skyscraper outdoor transparent, unguarded air trail
The half-acre garden is located on the 37th floor in the center of Shanghai, 173 meters above the ground. This Chinese garden is certified by the World Records Association: the world’s tallest indoor Chinese garden.
The tallest restaurant in the world
Century 100 Restaurant in Park Hyatt Shanghai is currently the tallest restaurant in the world. It contains the tallest restaurants, bars and banquet halls in the world.
The highest library in the world
The library, located on the 60th floor of JW Marriott Hotel, tomorrow Plaza, Shanghai, is awarded the title of “World’s highest Library” by Guinness. There are more than 1500 books in both Chinese and English, which are only open to guests staying in the hotel.
The largest transportation hub in the world
Shanghai Hongqiao Transportation Hub combines aviation, high-speed railway, maglev, subway and other transportation modes together, regardless of the number and scale of transportation modes, which is unprecedented in the world.
The largest urban planning model in the world
There is a model in the Shanghai Urban Planning Hall that covers an area of more than 600 square meters. It not only vividly shows all the buildings with more than six storeys in Shanghai, but also presents the blueprint of Shanghai’s urban planning before 2020 to the audience.
The first leaning tower in the world
Tianma Mountain Pearl Pagoda, for thousands of years, due to foundation changes, the tower gradually tilted to the southeast, because its slope has exceeded that of the famous leaning Tower of Pisa in Italy, and has become a wonder of Shanghai.
The subway with the longest mileage in the world
Before the 2010 World Expo, the total length of Shanghai subway was 420 kilometers, surpassing London and New York to become the first in the world. The municipal government also said that the total length of the Shanghai subway will eventually reach 1000 kilometers.
The highest land speed vehicle in the world
The maglev train in Shanghai has a total length of 29.863 km, with a design speed of 430km / h and an actual speed of about 380km / h, and has now slowed down to a maximum speed of 301km / h.
The largest span steel arch bridge in the world
Lupu Bridge is a steel arch bridge with the largest main span, the longest and the largest spiral in the world. it is an important traffic road connecting Pudong and Puxi across the Huangpu River.
The largest tunnel-bridge combination project in the world
Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel Bridge is the general name of Shanghai Yangtze River Bridge and Shanghai Yangtze River Tunnel, also known as Chongming River Crossing Channel and Shanghai Chong Channel Project, which is the largest tunnel-bridge combination project in the world at present.
The longest and widest cross-sea bridge in the world
Donghai Bridge is a real cross-sea bridge in China at present, it is graceful and graceful, across the East China Sea, the play is like a swimming dragon, and its beauty is like a rainbow.
The largest underground music theater in the world
The Culture Square Theatre is not simply “rising from the ground”, but is dug 38 meters into the ground, poured the foundation and built from 36 meters underground. With 2011 seats, Shanghai Culture Plaza has the largest audience capacity and stage area in the world.
F1 track with the highest cost in the world
Shanghai International Racing track is one of the world’s Formula one racing tracks. The track is about 7 kilometers long and consists of Formula one (F1) tracks and other types of tracks.
The world’s largest deepwater port
Yangshan Deepwater Port is a free trade zone developed by China in Shanghai, with an annual throughput of more than 40 million TEUs, which is the total throughput of all ports in the United States and 1/10 of the current annual throughput of ports in the world.
