Program in Shanghai
Shanghai is situated in the middle of China's east coastline at the junction of the Yangtze River and the Huangpu River pouring into the East Sea. The city is divided by the Huangpu River into 2 parts - Puxi (west of the Huangpu River) and Pudong (east of the Huangpu River).
In the history, Shanghai had been an important marine silk road port and had been one of the five treaty ports forced open to foreign trade following the British victory over China in the First Opium War. Nowadays, along with the deepening open and reform policy carried out by the Chinese government, Shanghai is crowned as the financial, economic and trade hub of the country, playing a leading role in boosting economic development of China. It is a global financial centre and transport hub, and sitting in the Yangtze River Delta has enabled she turned into the world's busiest container port of China.
The maglev train starts to build in March of 2001 and it was finished to trial run on December 31th, 2002. This is the 1st commercial maglev line in the world, which is developed by Sino-German cooperation. Shanghai Maglev Train and Railway were designed to run 430km per hour. The speed just seconds to the flight’s speed. It runs around 300km/hour in part-time. There are the most advanced isolation devices in the world along the line. The high-quality glass with good light transmittance is used on the window of the maglev train. It makes sure that passengers could have a safer and more comfortable experience.
Shanghai is an ideal 'shopping paradise'; Nanjing Road, known as 'China's No.1 Street', the reconstructed Huaihai Road, Jinling Road, E-N 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 to including domestic and world-class top luxury brands.
Want to be a gourmet of Chinese food? Surely, to live in Shanghai will bring to you a spree of enjoying all different Chinese foods in 16 famous styles such as Beijing, Sichuan, Guangdong, Yangzhou, Fujian, etc. served in over a thousand local restaurants. In addition, there are also authentic French, Russian, Italian, English, German, Japanese, Indian and other kinds of foreign flavored cuisines, genuine Muslim food and vegetarian food.
