Jing’an
Jing'an District (静安区) is one of the central districts of Shanghai.
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).
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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.
- 01Shanghai 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 - 02Shanghai 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 - 03Fudan 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 - 04Oriental 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 - 05Jin 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 - 06Shanghai 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 - 07East 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 - 08Shanghai 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 - 09Shimao 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 - 10Shanghai 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
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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’an114 km · quickest by road, 2h 16m · ¥50–70
- Hangzhou → Jing’an158 km · quickest by road, 2h 35m · ¥65–90
- Ningbo → Jing’an150 km · quickest by road, 3h 8m · ¥80–110
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
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.
- 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.
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Next door to Jing’an
Jing’an is 2 km from Shanghai, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Shanghaiprovincial-level municipality in China2.6 km
- Pudongdistrict of Shanghai, China9.3 km
- The Bundhistorical district in central Shanghai, China4.3 km
- Huangpu Districtdistrict of Shanghai, China4.1 km
- Putuo Districtdistrict of Shanghai, China5.3 km
- Xuhui Districtdistrict of Shanghai, China4.5 km