The Oriental Pearl TV Tower

The Oriental Pearl TV Tower	The Oriental Pearl TV Tower

Located at LuJiaZui area, the financial heart of the city, the Oriental Pearl Tower ranks the highest in Asia and the third in the world with 468 meters height. With brand new modern architectures of LuJiazui on its background, the Oriental Pearl Tower reflects with the Bund’s dazzling exhibition of international architectures across the river, which constitutes the splendid scene of the metropolis.This 468 meters high (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.

Renowned both home and abroad, the oriental pearl tower revovling restaurant lies in the 267 meter-high upper sphere, which is the highest of its kind in Asia. Its business area occupies 1500 square meters and can contain 350 guests for dinning simultaneously.The Shanghai History Museum is located on the ground floor of tower and was open to the public on may 12th. More than 6000 square meters, the museum is originally designed with history, culture, appreciation, tourism and entertainment integrated in its exhibition.Shanghai International News Center sits at the foot of the imposing Oriental Pearl Tower. It is a complex news center for press release, sightseeing, conference and exhibition, and dinning. The 1100-square-metres news conference hall is equipped with the most advanced simultaneous interpretation, back-cast, acoustic and lighting devices. It is capable of holding a 800-people-press conference or an international conference.

Visitors travel up and down the tower in double-decker elevators. The inner tower is a recreational palace, while the Shanghai Municipal History Museum is located in the tower's pedestal. The large lower sphere has a futuristic space city and a fabulous sightseeing hall. From here, on a clear day a visitor can see all the way to the Yangtze River. The base of the tower is home to a science fantasy city. The five smaller spheres are a hotel that contains twenty-five elegant rooms and lounges. The pearl at the very top of the tower contains shops, restaurants, (including a rotating restaurant) and a sightseeing floor. When viewed from the Bund at night, the tower's three-dimensional lighting makes it a delight of brilliant color.
The oriental pearl tower receives more than 2.8million tourists all over the world every year. It is a multi-functional tourism spot providing sightseeing, dinning shopping, entertaining, river-cruising, conference, exhibition and radio and television broadcasting. The Oriental Pearl Tower has become the landmark of Shanghai, and is honorably listed on the top 10 must-sees of the city As one of the hottest travel spot in the country, the Oriental Pearl Tower was among the first AAAA-level travel spot judged by the national travel administration due to its high quality services.