About Districts

Shanghai lies in central eastern China and is the gateway to the Yangtse River that flows into the East China Sea. The city is divided into two main areas, Pudong and Puxi, which lie east and west of the Huangpu River.

Downtown Area
This area offers the high quality residences, modern shops, first-level restaurants and grade A offices. This area includes the whole Luwan district and Jingan district, and part of Xuhui district and Huangpu district. The famous former French Concession lies in this area.

Xuhui
As one of the most prestigious living areas, is situated at the southwest of shanghai. The old French Concession in this district assembles almost 90% charming historic properties of the city. At Xujiahui junction, several large department malls form a thriving commercial area. The Shanghai Catholic Cathedral, Longhua Temple and Shanghai Stadium are some of the main features of this area.

Luwan
As one of the shopping centers of the city, Huahai Road runs through this district. Huaihai Road is renowned for its flourish from the Xiangyang Road street market, where you'll find cheaply priced clothes and bags, to Isetan, Pacific and Parkson department stores. Xin Tian Di night spot becomes the entertainment center which converge many western restaurants and bars with various features.

Jing'an
Jing’an district is the highest concentration of entertainment, high-level residential and commercial properties. You can find Ritz Carlton, Four Seasons, Hilton and JC Mandarin Hotels and some international brand shopping malls and grade A offices, like CITIC Square, Plaza 66 and Westgate. Shanghai Exhibition Center, Jing An temple and Jade Buddha temple, as the famous historic building, witness the development of this district.

Huangpu
Huangpu district is located at the center of the city. In this area, Shanghai Grand Theatre, People's Square, Shanghai Museum and the Bund are the well-known sites for most tourists and expatriates. As one of the tourist and commercial center, expatriate residential are less chose than other three districts.

HongQiao Area
Situated in western Shanghai, Hongqiao Area is composed of Gubei and Hongqiao, as the most elegant residential area in Changning district. Although Hongqiao Area occupies the part of Changning district in the Shanghai map, but it becomes the emblem of this district. Plenty of luxurious villa compounds in this area attract thousands of expatriates’ families.

Gubei
Surrounded by top and mid-grade apartment complexes, Gubei area is one of the earliest expatriates communities in Shanghai. The popular Gubei Carrefour supermarket is located here. It would take 15 minutes to reach Shanghai Center and 5 minutes to Hongqiao Airport by driving.

HongQiao
This area is known for its earliest field of high-grade office and apartment complexes in Shanghai. Today it is renowned for its luxurious villa compounds with gardens, pools, tennis courts and gyms. As the main thoroughfare, Hongqiao Road welcomes the newcomers travel through from the airport to downtown every day.

Pudong New Area
As a fast growing area, Pudong is located on the east bank of the Huangpu River that runs through the urban part of Shanghai. A number of bridges, tunnels, ferries and Metro line are link up the two sides of river. New International airport lies here and International air carriers increasingly use Pudong rather than Hong Qiao airport as well as many domestic carriers. Pudong New Area has become a center of new and high technology and advanced manufacturing. It is emerging as a new growth pole in Shanghai. Pudong can be broken down into Lujiazui, Jinqiao and zhangjiang area.

Lujiazui
As the financial center of the city, the Lujiazui Financial Zone is home to most branch of international and domestic bank. Mostly located here are grade A office buildings, like Jinmao Building and HSBC, as well as some high-level apartments, like Ascott. And Yanlord.

JinQiao
Also known as Jin Qiao Export Processing zone with government’s tax incentives, Jin Qiao attracted many big companies such as NEC, GM, Philips and so on. From Green villa to Greenhills, Jinqiao offers first-class villa compounds to many expatriate families. Its own Carrefour and OBI is very convenient to the residents living in this area.

Zhangjiang
As a national-level park designated for the development of high and new technology, Zhangjiang is one of the focal points of the Pudong New Area Development Program. The Park thus far houses a lot of international and domestic enterprises. With complete transportation, communication, recreational facilities and housing, Zhangjiang is attracting many expatriates families to move in. Seasons villa and Tomson Golf villa are famous compounds in this area.

Others
There are another 12 districts in Shanghai, except 4 districts in downtown, 1 district in Hongqaio area and Pudong new area. On the part of outskirts of Shanghai, like Minghang district and Qingpu district, some villa compounds with well facilities and management are increasingly popular to many expatriate families for their well finished and reasonably priced. With the completion of the subway and easy access via the expressway, these districts have grown significantly as a new populated area.