Weekend Excursions
Beyond the internship, participants will get to enjoy the excitement of life in Shanghai. ThinkChina arranges a diverse calendar of
evening and weekend activities including theater, concerts, cultural events, language workshops, college prep workshops, museums,
shopping, group dinners, and many more!
Below are a few of the sites participants will see:
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The Bund
Zhongshan Road, more well-known as The Bund, is a famous waterfront and regarded as the symbol of Shanghai for hundreds of years.
It starts from the Garden Bridge, which is at the connecting point of the Huangpu River and the Suzhou Creek, to the East Jinling
Road and winds a 1500 meters (less than one mile) length. Named one of the Top Ten Shanghai Attractions, the Bund is one attraction
everyone must see to get a feel for the historic section of this metropolis.
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Shanghai World Financial Center
The SWFC is a city within the city, surrounded by natural beauty at ground level, soaring high into the sky. In addition to intelligent
office space that offers cutting-edge specifications and functionality, the Shanghai World Financial Center is also a mixed-use
complex that features a five-star luxury hotel, sophisticated urban retail space, numerous tenant amenities, conference space, an
open "green" area, and an observatory on the 94th through 100th floors. The SWFC is 492 meters tall and stand as not only a symbol of
21st century Shanghai but also of Asia's emergence on the global financial scene.
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Oriental Pearl TV Tower
The Oriental Pearl TV Tower is located in Lujiazui, the city’s financial district, of Pudong, Shanghai. The tower creates a
picture of 'twin dragons playing with pearls'. This 1,536 feet tower is the world's third tallest TV and radio tower surpassed in
height only by towers in Toronto, Canada and Moscow, Russia. However, even more alluring than its height is the tower's unique
architectural design that makes the Oriental Pearl TV Tower that is a sight to see during the day and lit-up at night.
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The French Concession
The French Concession is the area of Shanghai once designated for the French. Today, Central Huaihai Rd, the busy shopping street that
cuts through the Concession, is intersected with tree-lined avenues and their many Tudor mansions which still retain an air of the
"Paris of the East". Explore the sylvan streets of the French Concession and admire Shanghai's Art Deco residential
architecture, reputedly the world's largest. Most historic buildings are accompanied with a bronze plaque that details their origins.
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Nanjing Road
The main shopping street in Shanghai, Nanjing Road begins at the Bund, just south of the Peace Hotel, and runs westward, passing
through Shanghai's center point, People's Square. Given its importance in China’s history, Nanjing Road was once called one
of the World's Seven Great Roads in the 1930's and known as the "Wall Street of Asia". This bustling street is lined by
numerous department stores, small shops, restaurants, theaters and cinemas. There is even a tram that drives back and forth along
the street for tourists to gaze at shoppers and old and modern architecture.
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People's Square
People's Square is a spectacular space in the heart of the city. It is a vast green area covered in plants and trees, and surrounded
by city landmarks on all sides. The Square covers an area of 140,000 square meters (appx. 26 football fields). A newer addition is
the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall, equipped with its own miniature version of the city, where visitors can catch a glimpse
of new building and construction plans. The Square is particularly spectacular at night, when steam appears to seep out of the roof
of the museum and the light bounces off the glass walls of the Grand Theatre.
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Zhujiajiao Water Canal Town
Zhujiajiao is an ancient water town well-known throughout the country, with a history of more than 1700 years. The little fan-shaped
town glimmers like a bright pearl in the landscape of lakes and mountains. Endowed with another elegant name, “Pearl Stream”
, this little town maintains most of its historic features than any of Shanghai’s other three ancient towns. Unique old bridges
cross bubbling streams, willow trees shade small streams and rivers, and houses equipped with courtyards all transport people who have
been living amidst the bustle and hustle of the modern big city to a nostalgic world of the past; full of antiquity, leisure and
tranquility.
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