Shanghai is the largest commercial and financial centre in mainland China.
This is a bustling city flanked by the Bund, across which the historic Peace Hotel and Pudong's Pearl Orient TV Tower stare, vying for attention and contrasting the old and the new. The long streets of Nanjing Lu and Huai Hai Lu stretch through the city, lined with flashing neon lights and packed with busy shoppers. Formerly home to Dr Sun Yat-sen, the founder of modern China, and Lu Xun, the founder of modern Chinese writing, Shanghai is a driven city with a dramatic past and a strong future. For more information about Shanghai, please click here to access one of their local websites. Copyright 2001 Hong Kong Tourism Board.