Shanghai, also called in short 'Hu' or 'Shen', as a gate to the Yangtze River delta, is situated at 31.14 degrees north latitude and 121.29 degrees east longitude, in the middle of China's east coastline. Shanghai has a delightful climate with four distinct seasons. The average temperature is around 18 Cetigrade. It is a municipality under the direct jurisdiction of the central government, the largest economic and trade center and a comprehensive industrial base of the country. 

Shanghai Port is the leading port in China. It is an open city along the coast, well known 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 16 million. 

Shanghai is well known 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 Tourism 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 have attracted an 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, large collections of merchandise as a feast to eyes, meeting the demands of different classes of domestic and foreign customers. 

Shanghai is also a paradise for gourmets. There are over one thousand restaurants serving 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 by land, water and air ,which offer tourists with fast, efficient and high quality service.