Exhibition center Shanghai Exhibition Center

ShanghaiExhibitionCentre (orShanghaiExhibitionHall)is the first major building built in Shanghai in the 1950s and the first exhibition center in Shanghai. The Expo Center was ranked among the top ten buildings in Shanghai from 1949 to 1989. Until 1968 it was known as the House of Sino-Soviet Friendship. The Shanghai Exhibition Center covers a total area of ​​93,000 square meters. m.

The Expo Center was built on the territory of a private garden called the “Garden of Love” (Ailiyuan) that burned down in 1949. Construction of the House of Sino-Soviet Friendship began on May 4, 1954, and ended on March 5, 1955. After the deterioration of relations between China and the USSR, the complex was renamed, and some architectural details were replaced. On December 31, 1983, the Shanghai Municipal Government decided to establish a Leading Group Bureau to carry out preparatory work for the expansion of the Shanghai Exhibition Hall. In 2001, the Shanghai Exhibition Center underwent a major renovation. Renovations were completed in February 2002. After reconstruction, the exhibition area of ​​the building is concentrated in the southern part, and the northern part is the meeting area.

Main characteristics of Shanghai Exhibition Center:

• 4 large exhibition halls: Southern (Dome), Central, Eastern and Western, total area 22,000 sq. m;
• 40 multifunctional conference rooms;
• 2 museums;
• central tower 104 meters high (similar to the VDNH tower in Moscow)
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  After extensive restoration in the early 2000s, the former Chinese VDNKh regularly hosts large exhibitions – an annual book fair, an art salon of contemporary art, etc.