Built in 1955 with help from the Soviet Union, the Shanghai Exhibition Center received a facelift over the past few years and now stands as an ornate sandblasted monument to Sino-Soviet friendship. Once home to the Hardon Gardens, which was built by a Persian millionaire, the Shanghai Exhibition Center is as prime as Shanghai real estate gets.
Highlights around Exhibition Centrer
Continuing east, the shopping malls and hotels of modern Shanghai's commercial greatness arise. Plaza 66, CITIC Center, Meilong Zhen, the Hilton Hotel, and the J.W. Marriot, none budget options, provide numerous choices for dining and shopping look for big name like Louis Vuitton to Kenny Roger's Roasters. For a taste of traditional China, try the Shanghai Jingdezhen Porcelain Artware store on the corner of Nanjing and Shanxi Road. A wide array of pottery and porcelain are for sale, much of it originating in Jingdezhen, one of China'a tradtional pottery centers.
