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also called in short in Chinese "Hu" or "Shen",
situated at 31.14 degrees north latitude and 121.29 degrees
east longitude, in the middle of China's east coastline,
is a gate to the Changjiang River valley. Shanghai has a
delightful climate with four distinct seasons. The average
temperature of the year is 15.7°C and the yearly precipitation
is 1,200 mm. Shanghai is a municipality under the direct
jurisdiction of the central government. It is the largest
economic and trade
centre in the country and a
comprehensive
industrial base. Shanghai Port is the leading port in China.
It is an open comprehensive
industrial base. Shanghai Port is the leading port in China.
It is an open
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city along the coast, as well as a famous historical and
cultural city. Its total area is 6,341 sq.km., of which
the Pudong New Area occupies 523 sq.km. Its total population
is over 13 million.
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Shanghai
is well-known both at home and abroad not only for its prosperous
metropolitan feature and rich humanistic resources but also
for a number of tourist attractions with modern flavour
that have been developed in recent years. Varied and colourful
tourist festivities, like the Shanghai Tourism Festival,
the New Year Eve Longhua Temple Bell Striking,
the Longhua Temple Fair, the Nanhui Country Peach
Blossom Festival, the International Tea Culture Festival,the
Sweet Osmanthus Festival and the Orange Festival are attracting
an ever increasing number of domestic and foreign tourists.
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Basic
tourist facilities are being brought to perfection. By the
end of 1996 there were in Shanghai 38 international travel
services, nearly 300 domestic travel services and 118 star-rated
hotels with a total number of over 30,000 guest rooms. Shanghai
is an ideal "shopping paradise"; Nanjing Road,
known as "China's No.1 Street", the reconstructed
Huaihai Road, Jinling Road, East, North Sichuan Road, the
Yuyuan Garden shopping and tourist area, the Ever Bright
City Commerical Centre, Xujiahui Commerical Centre, and
Zhangyang Road Commerical Centre in Pudong are packed withrows
of shops arrayed with large collections of merchandise that
are a feast to the eyes and meet the demands of different
classes of domestic and foreign customers. Shanghai is also
a paradise for gourmets. There are over a thousand
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restaurants
serving the famous 16 styles of Chinese food, such as Beijing,
Sichuan, Guangdong, Yangzhou, Fujian, etc. There are also
French, Russian, Italian, English, Germen, Japanese, Indian
and other kinds of foreign flavoured cuisines, genuine Muslim
food and vegetarian food. In Shanghai you can have a taste
of all the different kinds of food in the world. Shanghai
is well developed in communications in air, land and sea,
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building, Shanghai into an international metropolis the
open-minded, cheerful and hospitable Shanghai people warmly
welcome visitors from all places in China and the world. |
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