Nanjing Road
2 min readNanjing Road is the main shopping street of Shanghai，and is one of the busiest and the longest shopping streets in the world.It’s around 6 km long and attracts over one million visitors daily.
It is named after the city of Nanjing，capital of Jiangsu province，neighboring Shanghai.Today’s Nanjing Road comprises two sections，Nanjing Road East and Nanjing Road West.In some contexts，”Nanjing Road”refers only to pre-1945 Nanjing Road，today’s Nanjing Road East，which is largely pedestrianised.Before the adoption of the pinyin romanisation in the 1950s，its name was rendered as Nanking Road in English.
Nanjing Road is located in the city center，running in the west-east direction.Its eastern section is in Huangpu District and extends from The Bund west to People’s Square.The western section begins at People’s Square and continues westward towards Jing’an District.
The history of Nanjing Road can be traced back to the year 1845.At that time it was called”Park Lane”，which streched from the Bund to He’nan Road.In 1854，it was extended to Zhejiang Road，and eight years later，once more extended to Xizang Road.In 1862，it was named formally“”Nanking Road”.
East Nanjing Road is a dedicated commercial zone.At its eastern end is the central section of the Bund，featuring the Peace Hotel.
Then west of the Bund precinct was traditionally the hub of European restaurants and cafes.
West Nanjing Road，near DJing’an Temple，has witnessed constant development over the past ten years.This area has several five star hotels，upscale shopping centers，restaurants and modern office buildings.Recently ionoamue the area has benefited from the construction of Subway Line 7，connecting with Line 2at Jing’an Temple station.The latest development here was the completion of the Wheelock Square building in 2010，with 58 floors and over 100，000 sq meters of prime office space.
