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Jing’an

Jing'an District (静安区) is one of the central districts of Shanghai.

Jing’an
Jing’an · Chainwit (CC BY 4.0)
The place

Jing'an District (静安区) is one of the central districts of Shanghai. In 2020, it had 975,707 inhabitants in an area of 37 km2 (14 sq mi).

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Jing’an

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    Shanghai World Financial Center

    The Shanghai World Financial Center is a supertall skyscraper located in the Pudong district of Shanghai. It was designed by Kohn Pedersen Fox and developed by the Mori Building Company, with Leslie E. Robertson Associates as its structural engineer and China State Construction Engineering Corporation and Shanghai Construction General Co.

    5.8 km · skyscraper in Shanghai · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Shanghai Tower

    The Shanghai Tower is a 128-story, 632-meter-tall megatall skyscraper located in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai. It is currently the tallest building in China, the world's third-tallest building by height to architectural top, and the world's second-tallest building by height to highest occupied floor.

    5.6 km · megatall skyscraper in Lujiazui, Shanghai, China · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    Fudan University

    Fudan University is a public university in Yangpu, Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education and is co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal Government.

    9.4 km · university in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Oriental Pearl Tower

    The Oriental Pearl Tower is a futurist TV tower in Lujiazui, Shanghai. Built from 1991 to 1994, the tower was the tallest structure in China until the completion of nearby World Financial Center in 2007.

    5.1 km · TV tower in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Jin Mao Tower

    The Jin Mao Tower, also known as the Jinmao Building or Jinmao Tower, is a 420.5-meter-tall, 88-story landmark skyscraper in Lujiazui, Pudong, Shanghai, China.

    5.7 km · landmark skyscraper in Shanghai · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Shanghai Jiao Tong University

    Shanghai Jiao Tong University is a public university in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education of China.

    3.4 km · university in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    East China Normal University

    East China Normal University is a public university in Shanghai, China. It is affiliated with the Ministry of Education and co-funded with the Shanghai Municipal People's Government.

    4 km · university in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    Shanghai Museum

    The Shanghai Museum is a public municipal museum of ancient Chinese art, situated on the People's Square in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China. It is funded by the Shanghai Municipal Culture and Tourism Bureau.

    2.7 km · museum in the Huangpu District of Shanghai, China · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Shimao International Plaza

    Shanghai Shimao Festival City, previously known as Shimao International Plaza, is a 333.3 m tall skyscraper of 60 stories in Shanghai's Huangpu District. It was completed in 2006 under the design of Ingenhoven, Overdiek und Partner, East China Architecture and Design Institute.

    2.8 km · skyscraper · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Shanghai Stadium

    The Shanghai Stadium is a converted football-specific stadium in Shanghai, China. Between 2009 and 2019, the stadium hosted home matches of the Chinese Super League team Shanghai SIPG, and has been the current home of Shanghai Shenhua since 2023.

    5.1 km · stadium in Shanghai, China · Wikipedia

Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Go there

Getting to Jing’an

Airports
Shanghai Hongqiao (SHA), 11 km · Shanghai Pudong (PVG), 36 km · Sunan Shuofang (WUX), 101 km
Stations
Shanghai railway station, 2.6 km · Shanghainan Railway Station, 8.5 km · Xujiahui station, 3.8 km
  • Wuxi → Jing’an
    114 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · ¥50–70
  • Hangzhou → Jing’an
    158 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · ¥65–90
  • Ningbo → Jing’an
    150 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · ¥80–110
  • From anywhere
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Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.

Not yet researched

No local-transport research exists yet for Jing’an

Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Jing’an. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

What Wikivoyage says about moving around
  • Get inYou can also take a ferry from Dongcheng road (near the line station) in Pudong to Jingling road south of the Bund and follow the above-mentioned signs.
  • Get inAt Dongcheng Road Pier, the ferry departs from the right side - the other one goes to Fuxing Road which is less convenient.

From Wikivoyage: Shanghai/Old City, CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    Matsu IslandsTW

    9 ways of moving, 34 sources

    579 km
  2. 02
    Zamami and the Kerama IslandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 19 sources

    797 km
  3. 03
    Taketomi and the Yaeyama islandsJP

    12 ways of moving, 17 sources

    810 km
  4. 04
    Kinmen (Quemoy)TW

    10 ways of moving, 12 sources

    812 km
  5. 05
    Muuido and the Incheon islandsKR

    9 ways of moving, 20 sources

    823 km

If you know how people move in Jing’an – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.

Around it

Next door to Jing’an

Jing’an is 2 km from Shanghai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.