Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center is located in the downtown area, the People’s Square. The design of the building is inspired by the traditional Chinese city gate. The modern central symmetric structure shows the aesthetic concept of China’s traditional architecture. And the grid roof of the building symbolizes Shanghai’s city flower magnolia. It is one of the most popular tourist attractions of the People’s Square.
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center was officially open to the public on February 25th 2000. It covers a construction area of about 20,000m2, in which the exhibition area is about 7,000m2. Themed on “City, Citizens, Environment, and Development”, the Center displays the past, present and future of Shanghai by traditional and modern displaying means. Since its opening, the Center has received about 5 million visitors from home and abroad. It is regarded as the “Window of the City” where people can know about Shanghai.
Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center not only shows the latest information of urban development, but also shows Shanghai citizens’ cultural and artistic cultivation. Over 100 exhibitions have been held in the second floor exhibition hall which is 1000m2. Among them are the art exhibitions of world top artists, the design exhibitions of world famous architectural and space designer, the exhibitions showing the new way of life, and the science promotional and educational exhibition for people of different ages. These interactive exhibitions not only interpret and enrich the word “city”, but also reflect the energy and glamour of the City with the “sea culture”. They have a great impact on the country and have made the visitors get the art enlightenment while visiting Shanghai.
Audio Guide of More Languages, Meet Needs of Different Visitors In order to make the foreign visitors in Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center have better understanding of the Center, we have revised and adjusted the commentary of the audio guide, and have recorded 8 languages for the audio guide including Chinese, English, Japanese, French, Spanish, Russian, Korean and German. At the same time, we’ve made the new pamphlet of 8 languages to meet the needs of different tourists.
Address
100 Renmin Avenue,Shanghai
Open Hours
9:00-17:00(admission before 16:00)
Close on Monday(Legal holidays excluded)
Guide service
Multi-media guide
Visitors can use the touch-screens on different floors to know the urban planning and development information.
Audio guide
To meet different visitors' needs,the digital audio guide can introduce the exhibitions in Chinese and English. Visitor can hear the introduction by inputting the exhibition number. During the visit, the introduction can be replayed.
Rent of audio guide: Chinese 20Yuan/One; English 20Yuan/One.
Ticket Price
Adult ticket 30 yuan.
Adult group ticket(more than 20 persons)by introduction letter 24 yuan.
Primary and junior high school living ticket(to be proved student card) 15 yuan.
Disabled Person(with valid identification) 24 yuan.
Children below 120 cm accompany by adult,free.
The tickets sold are only valid in the current year.
The ticket cannot be returned.
Contact
Booking Hot Line:86-21-63722077、63184477×226
Fax:86-21-63722077
Zip:200003
Traffic
NO.1metro,NO.2metro(People Square station)、NO.49 bus、NO.123bus、NO.46 bus、NO.6 tunnel bus ect.