NanjingRoad(南京路)isthemainshoppingstreetofShanghai,China.Itistheworld'slongestshoppingdistrict,around6kmlong,andattractsover1millionvisitorsdaily.
Today'sNanjingRoadconsistsofNanjingRoadEastandNanjingRoadWest.
EastNanjingRoadisacommercialzone.ItbeginsattheBundandthePeaceHotel.WestoftheBundisthehubofEuropean-stylerestaurantsandcafes.ClosebyistheCentralMarket,acentury-oldoutdoormarkettodayspecializinginelectroniccomponentsanddigitalmedia.FurtherwestistheNanjingRoadpedestrianmall.LocatedherearemostofShanghai'soldestandlargestdepartmentstores,aswellasavarietyofdomesticretailoutlets,andsometraditionaleaterieswithalonghistory.
Thepedestrianmall,andEastNanjingRoad,endsatPeople'sPark,formerlytheShanghaiRaceCourse.OppositetheparkaresomeofShanghai'smostprestigioushotelssuchastheParkHotel.
WestNanjingRoadbeginshere,andfeaturesup-marketshoppingcenters,officebuildings,theShanghaiExhibitionCentre,andretailshops.Manyofthelargemansionsandestatesthatusedtobeherearetodayeitherdemolishedorusedbythegovernment.
WestNanjingRd,neartheJing'anTemple,ishosttoseveralfivestarhotels,upscaleshoppingcenters,restaurantsandprimeofficebuildings.
