My Home town Shanghai is the most modern and biggest city in China. Lots of Asia's headquarters of multinational corporations such as GM,3M,Volkswagen are located in Shanghai. Shanghai has one of the two China stock exchanges and there are around 1000 companies that are listen in Shanghai Stock Exchange Centre. So Shanghai is an indisputable economic centre of China.
Shanghai is also a fashion city. There are thousands of fashion shows lunched in Shanghai and thousands of fashion famous celebrities who come to Shanghai every year. HuaiHai Road and Xujiahui are two famous fashion places in Shanghai. Lots of ladies and young people always go to that two places on the weekends and holidays.
Shanghai is still developing. More and more people come from other places in China to live in Shanghai and more and more modern buildings are being built there. Lujiazui is the center of the whole city. There are hundreds of high rise buildings including 3 of the highest buildings in China. They are more than400 metres high and are located in Lujiazui.
Shanghai has not only modern elements but also a long history. Shanghai started as a small town around 223 BC in Qing Dynasty. We can easily find some small historical towns around the city center, such as Longhua town, Qibao town and Zhujiajiao town. There are lots of Chinese traditional foods; traditional buildings and traditional culture that can be found in these towns. They also attract millions of travellers from all parts of China and around the world visit these towns.
Text by student Qing,Wang
