World Wide Web February 22 message on February 21 announced the ranking of the world's most attractive cities, Shanghai, China ranks second, behind No. 1 is in London, New York, fell from third to tenth place.
The new network, according to Russia's 22 reported that the ranking is the French Association of Investment Promotion in Paris region (Paris Ile de France Capitale Economique) in the KPMG consulting firm (KPMG) with the participation of developed. Rankings based on the national survey of 500 business persons and last year's investment data, the data reference to the KPMG consulting firm in the past five years, the analysis of some indicators. The respondents estimated that the most important evaluation criteria for political stability, legal security, and urban economic conditions. London topped the list of objective indicators is not only because of its ranking, but also because it won by the people's love. 42% of respondents said that London is the most attractive capital. Shanghai, China, ranking second in some ways even more than London, such as it has a modern research center of the volume and quantity of office space. In addition to Shanghai, the break into the top ten along with two other Chinese cities: Hong Kong (3rd place) and Beijing (fifth bit). Reported that there is nothing surprising, because investors over the past few years have been very willing to invest in China.
http://forum.globaltimes.cn/forum/showthread.php?t=13481

Please stop quoting global times forum as a source, we want to see some solid source not a random forum all the times.

Attractive? Shanghai is just a giant modern city with tall buildings. Last time when I visited Shanghai, I found no place that was worth a visit. Can you imagine a city with no place for sightseeing? It is boring and depressing. The surrounding cities, like Su Zhou and Hang Zhou, are much more attractive.

I am sorry to hear that.
Next time you go to Shanghai, may be you should ask marchpole for suggestions. I think he knows a lot about the Greater Shanghai Metro Area.

Have you visited Chongming Dao and Hengsha Dao? Both are parts of Shanghai but no tall buildings and no traffic jams. Instead you'll find modern countryside with crop fields as far as the eye can see and environmental friendly commercial farming next to family run vacation lodges and camps.

How about starting with the Bund?

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Bund

"The Bund is one of the most famous tourist destinations in Shanghai. ... The Shanghai Bund has dozens of historical buildings, lining the Huangpu River, ..."

Also, try these other "Top Rated Tourist Attractions in Shanghai"

http://www.planetware.com/tourist-attracti...ai-chn-sh-s.htm

Here are some more ideas: Shanghai Maglev Train, Shanghai History Museum, (see link for more)

http://www.travbuddy.com/Shanghai-tourist-attractions-240132

Let me add one more:
Anyone visiting Shanghai this year between May 1 and October 31 should allow two days or more (one day is definitely not enough) to enjoy the Shanghai EXPO 2010. In fact, anyone going to China for any reason this year should include the EXPO as part of their itinerary.

Thanks for the suggestions. What I really want to see is something "green" like the Central Park in New York City or some historical sites like Forbidden City in Beijing. Shanghai does not have either of them. Even worse, Shanghai is a plain modern city without much cultural roots. Huangpu River seems to the only place within the city that I can enjoy (when it is night time). I'm not one of those in favor of gigantic modern cities no matter how advanced they are. I like a small, green, culture-rich town much better.

I will visit China for the whole May and June this year. Believe it or not, I booked my tickets and specifically avoided Shanghai because Shanghai will be even more crowded during the EXPO. I wish China spend more resources on improving people's living standard instead of on these "face" and "show off" projects.

Many of these projects help improve people's standards because they provide jobs building them, and jobs once they are used and to maintain them.....plus if China or any developing country is going to learn how to make infrastructure for 2050, she has to start gaining experience now

You got it ! But native Shanghainese shalln't accept it.

It is true. It is also true that any projects that need manpower will create jobs. That does not justify if the money is wisely spent.

Back to topic, can anyone who knows about Shanghai enlighten me why Shanghai is attractive? I can only smell two things in Shanghai: concrete and greed. Did I mention that the native Shanghainese are the stingiest people I've ever seen? Let me tell you a true story. I know a couple who are from Shanghai and are living in Washington DC area. Last time when they planed to visit China, they booked two tickets which were on two different dates. Why didn't they go together? Because if they go together, they will have to buy two bus tickets and carry all the luggage to the airport. They go on different dates so one of them can drop off the other one at the airport and buy only one bus ticket to the airport. By going through all the trouble and traveling separately, they saved about $25 comparing to taking a taxi.

There is no Central Park in Shanghai. Bur there are C. Y. Forest Park, Shiji Park, Shanghai Botanical Garden etc.
There is only one Forbidden City in the world, so don't expect to find that in Shanghai. What Shanghai does have and the rest of the world doesn't is the site of the first plenary session of Communist Party of China. It is a museum now and there are quite a lot to see. It is, without exaggeration, how today's China started 89 years ago in a very very humble way.

Creating jobs, getting infrastructure in place plus building patriotism is quite well spent money. Not every project needs be measured in monetary terms alone

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Attractive? Shanghai is just a giant modern city with tall buildings. Last time when I visited Shanghai, I found no place that was worth a visit. Can you imagine a city with no place for sightseeing? It is boring and depressing. The surrounding cities, like Su Zhou and Hang Zhou, are much more attractive.
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I invite you to visit Fujian provice. It locates in southeast China. I will never let you down. Fujian are rich in traditional culture. The dialect ,named Minnan languagee, was passed down from ancient China while it is changing in other places. The Minnan language is the official language in ancient China. Our ansestor immigrated to Fujian more than one thousand years ago from central China. The culture is kept stablely form sousands of years. It is real chinese.

The climate in Fujian is very nice, warm and comfortable. Fujian is in the first place of percentage of land-covered forests. Fujian owns beautiful beach. Xiamen is famous home and abroad as an littoral city. Wuyi Mountain is the World Heritage While Fujian Tulou is the world cultural heritage. Fujian Tulou is invented by immigrants in order to protect themselves from the dangeous animals more than one thousand years ago. It is a round building and maded of clay. It can accommodate hunderds of people to live in and is often owned by a family. The people live in Tulou can maintain themselves for months when were cut off from the outside world in war.

Welcome to Fujian.