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The Chinese city of Shanghai (Shanghai), which has the unofficial names "Pearl of the East" and "East Paris", is rapidly growing and evolving, gaining more and more important economic and financial positions in the world. In the business district of Shanghai Pudong, a number of state-of-the-art office and banking buildings have been erected.

From all this splendor, the building that became the symbol of Shanghai is the tallest in Asia (468 m) and the third in the world, after the CN Tower in Toronto (553 m) and the Ostankino TV Tower in Moscow (540 m), the television tower "Pearl of the East."

It was built very quickly in the mid-90's. last century, the project of the Chinese engineer Jia Huanchen.

From the height of the Space Module, located in the uppermost and largest of the Pearl of the East regions, there are spectacular panoramic views of Shanghai, New Pudong and the Bund.

Due to its size, unique architectural design, the TV tower has become an interesting sight of Shanghai, the most amazing and most visited in the city. A successful combination in the design decision of the tower of cutting-edge technologies and Chinese traditions makes the "Pearl of the East" unusually picturesque in the middle of a green lawn on the bank of the Huangpu River, between the two bridges surrounding Yangpu and Nanpu, personifying dragons as if playing pearls.

TV tower " Pearl of the East ", Shanghai

The television tower at various levels is decorated with fifteen spheres of different diameters, reminiscent of the idea of ​​architects, delicate pearls descending on a jade dish. Visitors are taken to the viewing platform of the Space Module Tower at a height of 267 m on a two-deck elevator that can seat up to fifty people at a time, or on a high-speed elevator taking off at a speed of 7 m per second.

From the height of the Space Module located in the top and large of the spheres "Pearls of the East", there are amazing panoramic views of Shanghai, the New Pudong district and the Bund promenade, you can even see the mouth of the great Yangtze River on a fine clear day.

The observation deck for sightseeing can accommodate about one thousand six hundred people.

first floor the tower put on Museum of the History of Shanghai, where the wax figures in interiors and wonderful oriental music vividly recreate the amazing life of the Chinese people. In the spheres of "Pearls" there are galleries and shops. In the lowest sphere there is an entertainment center "Space City", which immerses visitors into the world of science fiction. In the middle part of the tower there is a hotel business complex, which includes 25 rooms for guests and conference rooms.

You can have lunch and take pleasure in the rotating restaurant "Pearl of the East", between the second and the third spheres, making an hour in full time. This is the only restaurant of this kind in the whole of Asia at such a high altitude

There is also a club, a concert hall and shops in the "pearl" where the observation deck is located.

In this wonderful place, the recognizable architectural symbol of Shanghai, visitors, and still the main purpose of the tower is the special service of tele- and radio communication. The TV tower broadcasts the broadcasts of nine TV channels and ten radio stations within a radius of 44 miles

How to get there

Take the metro to the Lujiazui station stop. Or from the railway station cross the road over the above-ground passage

Working time

You can get to the Pearl of the East TV tower from 8:00 to 22:00

Ticket price

Entrance to all levels costs about 200 CNY (Chinese Yuan).