Flight to China

Shanghai is split in two by the Huangpu River (黄浦江 huángpǔ jiāng), with the older town on the west bank known as Puxi (浦西 pǔ xī) and the brash new development on the east side being Pudong (浦东 pǔdōng).

Areas within Puxi:

• The Bund (外滩 wàitān) - the colonial riverside of old (and reborn) Shanghai, including the Yuyuan Gardens (豫园 yùyuán)
• French Concession - the leafy district once known as the Paris of the East, including the refurbished shikumen houses of Xintiandi
• Xujiahui - Southwest part of Shanghai
• Gubei - Close to the Hongqiao airport, a Carrefour, and with a large expat population
• Nanjing Road - China’s most famous shopping street, leading to People’s Park (人民公园 rénmín gōngyuán) and Jing’an (静安 jìng ān)
• Hongkou (虹口 hóngkǒu) - home of Fudan and Tongji university, plus a park and museum for famed writer Lu Xun.
• Yangpu (杨浦 yángpǔ) - contains the excellent and spacious gongqing forest park (共青森林公园 gòngqīng sēnlín gōngyuán)

and across the river:

• Pudong - the skyscraper-laden new financial and commercial district on the east bank of the river

Outlying districts:

• 嘉定 - Jiādìng
• 青浦 - Qīngpǔ
• 金山 - Jīnshān
• 南汇 - Nánhuì
• 松江 - Sōngjiāng
• 宝山 - Bǎoshān