Shanghai Bookstore

Shanghai Book City is located in Fuzhou Cultural Street, No. 465, Fuzhou Road, Shanghai, which is a century-old part of the city. It is one of the important cultural landmarks in Shanghai.

Shanghai Book City has a total business area of more than 10,000 square meters. It is the first super-large retail bookstore in Shanghai’s history. It operates various books, audio-visual products and electronic publications of more than 500 publishing houses nationwide, with more than 120,000 varieties.

Covering practical life, Chinese and foreign literature, social sciences, cultural education, children’s books, science and technology, art books and other major categories, and a large number of Hong Kong, Taiwan, and foreign language original books.

The ground floor lobby provides public space for reading books as well as a special exhibition area.

The second floor features literature books and audio-visual products, electronic books, and public information houses.

The third floor features books on philosophy, politics, economics, military, law, business administration, and historical geography.

The fourth floor features language, text, foreign languages, teaching, cultural education, competitive sports and children’s books.

The fifth floor features books on industrial technology, computers, medicine, agriculture, and natural sciences.

The sixth floor features art design, audio-visual art, Chinese and foreign albums and Hong Kong and Taiwan Western books, lecture hall and Friends of the Book City Club.

The seventh floor features an exhibition center, a film and television hall and an electrified teaching center.

 

Chinese Name: 上海书城

Address: 465 Fuzhou Road, Huangpu District, Shanghai 上海市黄浦区福州路465号

Getting there: Take Metro Lines 1, 2 or 8 to People’s Square Station and walk for about 20 minutes.

Nearby: Foreign Languages Book Store (390 Fuzhou Rd.), Shanghai Brush & Ink Museum, Fuzhou Road Cultural Street features many historic traditional stores.

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