National Parks of China71 AAAA tourist attractions in Shanghai, from the list published by the provincial tourism department. Hover over a dot for its name; click to jump to the entry. See also Shanghai and all provinces.
Songjiang District (10)
- Sheshan National Forest Park 佘山国家森林公园 2001Comprising East and West Sheshan hills, 72.4 and 97.2 metres high respectively.
- Shanghai Yuehu Sculpture Park 上海月湖雕塑公园 2009A 1,300-mu park opened in 2005 around a 465-mu man-made lake whose shores are divided into spring, summer, autumn and winter zones, displaying over 70 sculptures from around the world.
- Shanghai Happy Valley Amusement Park 上海欢乐谷 2011A large theme park in the Sheshan National Tourist Resort on 900,000 square metres, opened in 2009; before Shanghai Disneyland it was China’s largest amusement park.
- Chenshan Botanical Garden 辰山植物园 2012Shanghai’s largest botanical garden, 207 hectares with 26 specialist gardens and over 10,000 plant taxa; its 12,608-square-metre display greenhouse is Asia’s largest.
- Shanghai Film and Television Amusement Park 上海影视乐园 2018Also called the Chedun film base, a shooting lot built by the Shanghai Film Group around an old-Shanghai theme, opened in 2000 and used for many period dramas; the Huanghe Road set from Blossoms Shanghai opened to visitors in 2024.
- Guangfulin Culture Park 广富林文化公园Built on the Guangfulin site, dating from 4,000 to 2,500 years ago, whose lowest layer was identified in 2006 as the Guangfulin culture; a national key cultural heritage site since 2013, with the park’s first phase opened in 2018.
- Zuibaichi Park 醉白池公园One of Shanghai’s five great classical gardens, extended with an outer garden in 1959 around the historic buildings; a municipal protected heritage site.
- Fangta Garden 方塔园 2007
- Shanghai Smurfs Amusement Park 上海蓝精灵乐园
- Shanghai Yunbao Future City Art and Cultural Creative Scenic Area 上海云堡未来市艺术文创景区
Pudong New Area (9)
- Jin Mao Tower 88th Floor Observation Deck 金茂大厦88层观光厅 2001Jin Mao Tower rises 420.5 metres over 88 floors; when completed in 1999 it was China’s tallest and the world’s third-tallest building, designed by Adrian Smith of SOM in a blend of Chinese pagoda form and Western engineering.
- Century Park 世纪公园 2002Formerly Pudong Central Park, opened in 2000, the largest nature-styled ecological park within Shanghai’s Inner Ring Road.
- Shanghai Ocean Aquarium 上海海洋水族馆 2009A public aquarium east of the Oriental Pearl Tower in Lujiazui, one of Shanghai’s major attractions.
- China Maritime Museum 中国航海博物馆 2011China’s first national maritime museum, on Dishui Lake, and its largest and highest-ranked comprehensive maritime museum, with over 20,000 items.
- Shanghai Tower Observation Deck 上海之巅观光厅 2018Shanghai Tower stands 632 metres, the tallest building in China and third in the world; its observation decks on floors 118 and 119, at 546 and 552 metres, are the world’s highest indoor viewing platforms.
- Shanghai Bicester Village 比斯特上海购物村An outlet shopping, dining and entertainment destination near Shanghai Disney Resort, part of the Bicester Village collection.
- Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park 上海海昌海洋公园A marine theme park on Dishui Lake in Lingang, covering 29.7 hectares, opened in November 2018.
- Shanghai Flower Port 上海鲜花港 2009
- Shanghai Lavender Park 上海薰衣草公园 2018
Qingpu District (7)
- Shanghai Grand View Garden 上海大观园 2002A large garden complex built to the description of the Grand View Garden in Dream of the Red Chamber, west of Dianshan Lake; originally the Dianshan Lake scenic area, renamed in 1991 and covering 1,500 mu.
- Zhujiajiao 朱家角 2005Formerly Zhuxi Town and popularly called Jiaoli, a classic Jiangnan water town; among Shanghai’s first historic and cultural towns in 1991.
- Dongfang Green Boat 东方绿舟 2007Shanghai’s youth outdoor activity camp, a large park combining team-building training, student social practice, group activities and leisure tourism.
- Chen Yun Former Residence and Liantang Ancient Town Scenic Area 陈云故居·练塘古镇景区 2016Centred on the Chen Yun Memorial Hall in Liantang Town, commemorating the Communist Party leader Chen Yun.
- Shanghai Lianyi Loquat Amusement Park 上海联怡枇杷乐园 2018
- Shanghai Zhangma Scenic Area 上海张马景区
- Jinze Ancient Town 金泽古镇
Chongming District (6)
- Dongping National Forest Park 东平国家森林公园 2002A national forest park in north-central Chongming Island converted from the Dongping Forest Farm, 3.55 square kilometres, the largest man-made plain forest in East China.
- Qianwei Village 前卫村 2010A village in Shuxin Town of 3,671 mu and nearly 300 households, designated a national scenic tourism village.
- Shanghai Dongtan Wetland Park 上海东滩湿地公园 2018A key migratory bird habitat at the eastern tip of Chongming Island, home to the Chongming Dongtan National Bird Reserve; the wetland park opened in 2010, and the site was inscribed as World Heritage in 2024 among the Yellow Sea-Bohai Gulf bird sanctuaries.
- Changxingdao Suburban Park 长兴岛郊野公园The largest of Shanghai’s first seven country parks, bordering Qingcaosha Reservoir to the north, planned at nearly 30 square kilometres with a 5.58-square-kilometre first phase opened in 2016.
- Shanghai Jiangnan Sanmin Culture Village Scenic Area 上海江南三民文化村景区 2014
- Gaojiazhuang Eco Park 高家庄生态园
Jinshan District (6)
- Fengjing Ancient Town 枫泾古镇 2008A Jiangnan water town at Shanghai’s southwestern edge on the Zhejiang border, listed as a Chinese historic and cultural town in 2005.
- Shanghai Jinshan City Beach 上海金山城市沙滩 2008A water park with an artificial beach on Hangzhou Bay in southern Jinshan, with 21,200 square metres of man-made sand.
- Shanghai Jinshanzui Fishing Village 上海金山嘴渔村 2018A fishing village on the north shore of Hangzhou Bay, the only one in Shanghai still sending boats to sea, with nearly 6 km of coastline, an old street and a seafood street.
- Shanghai Langxia Country Park 上海廊下郊野公园A country park in Langxia Town planned over about 21.4 square kilometres, including the 600-mu Langxia Ecological Garden; its first phase opened in 2015.
- Shanghai Huakai Haishang Eco Park 上海花开海上生态园
- Caojing Shuike 漕泾水窠
Baoshan District (5)
- Gucun Park 顾村公园 2012A park in Gucun Town, Baoshan, planned over more than 4.3 square kilometres and opened in 2009; it has hosted the Shanghai Cherry Blossom Festival every year since the first in 2011.
- Wusong Paotaiwan Wetland Forest Park 吴淞炮台湾湿地森林公园 2012Shanghai’s largest native wetland park at the northwest corner of the Wusong estuary, once Yangtze tidal flats with land reclaimed from steel slag; named for a Qing naval battery. Its first phase opened in 2007, and it covers about 1.2 million square metres.
- Shanghai Baoshan International Folk Art Museum Scenic Area 上海宝山国际民间艺术博览馆景区 2013An exhibition hall of folk art and customs from around the world, designed in the shape of a Chinese knot, with 14,600 square metres of floor space; opened in 2010.
- Shanghai Wendao Garden 上海闻道园 2014A garden in Luodian Town of over 1,000 mu, planted with 56,000 trees and holding more than 1,000 collected stones, with Huizhou-style buildings, a rare stone museum and a museum of ancient stone carvings; opened in 2006.
- Shanghai Glass Museum 上海玻璃博物馆 2015A municipal specialist museum devoted to glass, founded with support from Shanghai Light Industry Glass Co.
Jiading District (5)
- Guyi Garden 古猗园 2006A classic Jiangnan garden in Nanxiang Town, one of Shanghai’s five great classical gardens and the birthplace of Nanxiang xiaolongbao; a municipal protected heritage site since 2014.
- Shanghai Jiading Zhouqiao 上海嘉定州桥 2009A scenic area in Jiading’s old town comprising Zhou Bridge, the old street, the Jiading Confucian Temple, Fahua Pagoda, Huilong Pool and Qiuxia Garden; the street dates from the founding of Jiading County.
- Nanxiang Town 南翔镇 2011A town in southeast Jiading, 18 km from the city centre, covering 33.31 square kilometres; named one of China’s 100 leading cultural towns in 2019.
- Shanghai Auto Expo Park 上海汽车博览公园 2013A 76.67-hectare park with a man-made lake, the Shanghai Auto Museum, China’s first industry museum devoted to cars, and the Shanghai Auto Exhibition Centre.
- Shanghai International Circuit 上海国际赛车场 2015A racing circuit completed in 2004 and designed by Hermann Tilke in the shape of the Chinese character “shang”, 5.451 km per lap with capacity for 200,000; host of the Formula One Chinese Grand Prix since that year.
Minhang District (5)
- Jinjiang Amusement Park 锦江乐园 2008An amusement park opened in 1985, the first large one built in Shanghai after 1949; its 108-metre Ferris wheel, completed in 2002, was then the tallest in China.
- Zhaojialou 召稼楼 2015Formerly Zhaolou Town, an old-town scenic area in Gexin Village, Pujiang Town, covering 150 mu.
- Pujiang Country Park 浦江郊野公园 2019One of Shanghai’s first five pilot country parks, planned at 15.3 square kilometres with a 5.82-square-kilometre first phase; the closest country park to the city centre.
- Minhang Culture Park 闵行文化公园An urban park in Qibao Town planned over 84.84 hectares with an ecological and cultural focus, open around the clock since April 2024.
- Qibao Ancient Town 七宝古镇
Huangpu District (4)
- Shanghai Museum 上海博物馆 2001Shanghai’s largest museum of ancient art, with over 1.02 million items in more than thirty categories, most notably bronzes, ceramics and painting and calligraphy.
- Yu Garden 豫园 2001A classical Ming garden built in 1559 as a private garden by Pan Yunduan to please his aged parents, a quintessential Jiangnan garden; it holds the famed Exquisite Jade Rock and Dianchun Hall, headquarters of the Small Swords Uprising.
- Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall 上海城市规划展示馆 2002A six-storey building on People’s Square presenting Shanghai’s urban planning, opened in 2000; its centrepiece is a 1:500 model of over 100 square kilometres inside the Inner Ring Road. Reopened in 2022 after renovation.
- Madame Tussauds Shanghai 上海杜莎夫人蜡像馆 2015The second Madame Tussauds in the Asia-Pacific region, opened in 2006 and showing 61 groups of wax figures.
Xuhui District (4)
- Shanghai Botanical Garden 上海植物园 2011China’s largest municipal botanical garden, founded in 1974 on 81.86 hectares with 17 sections such as the penjing and peony gardens; the penjing garden, among the world’s largest, holds over 2,000 Shanghai-style miniature landscapes.
- Shanghai Soong Ching Ling Former Residence Memorial Hall 上海宋庆龄故居纪念馆 2012Soong Ching Ling’s Shanghai home from 1948, built in the 1920s by a Greek shipowner as a ship-shaped brick, timber and concrete house; a national key cultural heritage site since 2001.
- Xujiahui Source 徐家汇源 2012Xujiahui is one of Shanghai’s four sub-centres and ten major commercial districts, combining leisure, religious sites and sightseeing.
- Longhua Martyrs Cemetery 龙华烈士陵园 2018A martyrs’ cemetery in Xuhui District; the Longhua revolutionary martyrs memorial site in its northeast corner is a national key cultural heritage site.
Fengxian District (3)
- Bihai Jinsha Water Amusement Park 碧海金沙水上乐园 2008A water park with an artificial beach built in 2005 along a 1,300-metre sea wall and extending 600 metres into the sea, enclosing about 790,000 square metres; the beach was laid with 120,000 tonnes of sand from Hainan.
- Shanghai Urban Vegetable Garden Scenic Area 上海都市菜园景区 2010A vegetable-themed park in Haiwan Town covering 5,000 mu (about 467 hectares).
- Shanghai Haiwan National Forest Park 上海海湾国家森林公园 2011A national forest park within the Wusi Farm, home to the largest plum blossom garden in East China.
Yangpu District (3)
- Gongqing Forest Park 共青森林公园 2004The only large forest park and national forest park in central Shanghai, designed to imitate natural woodland; the section south of Nenjiang Road is also called Wanzhu Garden.
- Shanghai International Fashion Center 上海国际时尚中心 2015Converted from the former Yufeng Cotton Mill, Shanghai’s largest and best-preserved group of sawtooth-roofed factory buildings; after the No. 17 Cotton Mill closed in 2007 it became a shopping and fashion district from 2009.
- Bimo Gongfang 笔墨宫坊An attraction presenting brushes, ink and their intangible heritage crafts, jointly run by Cao Sugong and Zhou Huchen, opened in 2023.
Hongkou District (2)
- Shanghai Shanggang Cruise City 上海上港邮轮城 2018The Shanghai Port International Cruise Terminal, a cruise pier on the Huangpu River at the North Bund with about 400,000 square metres of floor space.
- Shanghai Jewish Refugees Museum 上海犹太难民纪念馆Built at the Ohel Moshe Synagogue, one of two surviving synagogues in Shanghai, in the Tilanqiao area of Hongkou.
Changning District (1)
- Shanghai Zoo 上海动物园 2002Formerly Western Suburb Park, a large national-level zoo on 743,000 square metres, exhibiting over 620 species and 7,000 animals including giant pandas, golden snub-nosed monkeys and South China tigers.
Putuo District (1)
- Changfeng Park and Changfeng Ocean World 长风公园·长风海洋世界 2010A large landscaped park of 366,000 square metres with 143,000 of water; Changfeng Ocean World, one of Shanghai’s two city aquariums, is built beneath its Yinchu Lake.