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About Shanghai
Shanghai, 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 叉 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 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. 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 Torism Festival, the New Year Eve Longhua Temple Bell Striking, the Longhua Temple Fair, the Nanhui County 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. 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 Commercial Centre, Xujiahui Commercial Centre, and Zhangyang Road Commercial Centre in Pudong are packed with rows 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 restaurants serving the famous 16 styles of Chinese food, such as Beijing, Sichuan, Guangdong, Yangzhou, Fujian, etc. There are also French, Russian, Italian, English, German, 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, which render tourists with fast, efficient and quality service. In building Shanghai into an international metropolis the open-minded, cheerful and hospital Shanghai people warmly welcome visitors from all places in China and the world.
Telephones Most Commonly Used
Local Telephone Inquiry 114 International Telephone 116 Alanrm Report 110 Fire Alarm 119 Ambulance 120 Weather Forecast 121 Tourism Quality Supervision+86-21- 64393615 Airline Service +86-21-62537664 Shipping & Passenger Transport Inquiry +86-21-63261261 Railway Inquiry +86-21-63179090 Airport Inquiry +86-21-62688918 Express Mail +86-21-63245025
Airlines
Air China +86-21-63277888 Air France +86-21-63606688 Aeroflot Russian Airline +86-21-62798033 China Eastern Airlines+86-21- 62472255 Shanghai Airlines +86-21-62550550 Russian Airlines +86-21-64156700 Asiana Airlines +86-21-62709900 Canadian Airlines +86-21-64153091 Dragon Airlines +86-21-62798099 Japan Airlines +86-21-64723000 Northweat Airlines +86-21-62798088 Lufthansa Airlines +86-21-62481100 Singapore Airlines +86-21-62798000 Swissair +86-21-63758211 United Airlines +86-21-62798009 Thai Air Ways +86-21-62797170
Taxis
Shanghai Taxi +86-21-62580000 Tourist Taxi Co.+86-21- 64383420 Friendship Taxi Service Corp +86-21-62584584 Dazhong Taxi Co.+86-21- 63207207 Zhenhua Taxi Corp +86-21-62550880
Hospitals
East China Hospital +86-21-62483180 Huashan Hospital +86-21-62489999 Zhongshan Hospital +86-21-64041990 Ruijin Hospital +86-21-54370045 No.1 People's Hospital +86-21-63240090 Shuguang Hospital + 86-21-63261650 World Link Medical Center +86-21-62797688 International Medical Care Center +86-21-3069480

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