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Happy 20th anniversary! Nanjing Road Pedestrian Mall

Today marks the 20th anniversary of Shanghai’s Nanjing Road becoming a Pedestrian Mall.

Nanjing Road E. was first constructed in the 1800s, and was later developed into the earliest shopping street in Shanghai. Since last century, the road has been home to modern department stores attracting shoppers from around the world.

In 1999, the stretch of Nanjing Road E. between Henan and Xizang roads was converted into a pedestrian mall. Over a million citizens and tourists visited and shopped on the road on September 20 two decades ago.

Recently, city government announced that the pedestrian mall will be extended eastward to the Bund in the near future.

Shanghai Daily photographers have documented the evolution of this special road over the past 20 years.
 




 

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