Nanjing Road
Nanjing Road (Chinese: 南京路) is the main shopping street of Shanghai. Today’s Nanjing Road comprises two sections, Nanjing Road East from the Bund to People’s Square and Nanjing Road West from People’s Square towards the junction of Jing’an Temple and Yan’an Street. Commonly, Nanjing Road refers only to Nanjing Road East, which is largely pedestrianised. The road has become one of the world’s busiest shopping streets, attracting over 1 million visitors daily.
Nanjjing Road is about 6 km long, the world’s longest shopping distict. The eastern section features pedestrian mall with Shanghai’s largest department stores, domestic retail outlets, time-honored traditional eateries, Peace Hotel, and Central Maket, a century-old outdoor market today specialising in electronic components and digital media. The western section is now host to upscale shopping centers, restaurants, prime office buildings, Shanghai Exhibition Centre and several Shanghai’s pestigious historic hotels, including Park Hotel.
Nanjing Road is served by the Shanghai Metro Line 2, by the main stations of Nanjing Road (E.), People’s Square, Nanjing Road (W.), and Jing’an Temple, from east to west.