Xuhui Shanghai

Discover Xuhui: Shanghai’s history, culture, and city vibes—iconic spots and endless energy!

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Neo World's summer carnival hits Xuhui! Anime, gaming & cosplay fill the streets — virtual youth culture comes alive offline.

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In Xuhui, global youth culture feels right at home. Along Wukang Road and Anfu Road, heritage buildings, cafe terraces and fashion storefronts turn a city walk into a shared language of style, ease and everyday Shanghai life.

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Xujiahui is where Shanghai time-travels with style. Episode 2 of Xuhui's guochao walk moves through one of the city's most layered neighborhoods — historic landmarks, new city energy, local style, and the easy rhythm of a weekend walk. Heritage here isn't frozen in time. It just keeps getting dressed for the present.

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Looking for the perfect weekend spot in Shanghai? It may literally be just around the corner.
A library, cafeteria, study space, gym, intangible heritage class and movie screenings — all inside one community service center！
Follow Russian PhD student Aleksandra Antonenko as she spends a full, easygoing day at Kangjian Community Service Center in Xuhui.

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Spider-Man has swung into Shanghai’s West Bund. From July 17 to Aug 16, Gate M West Bund Dream Center hosts a limited-time pop-up with six themed spaces, puzzle-hunt tasks and 200+ licensed products. Superhero energy, right by the river.

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Shanghai is looking up. Released 100 days before the 9th China International Import Expo, UP! SHANGHAI follows the city’s upward momentum: new chances, industry upgrades, and a higher level of global influence.

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At WAIC Young on the Xuhui West Bund, AI became something young visitors could play with: robot-dog obstacle racing, one-click AIGC music, and AI shadow puppetry reimagining a classic Journey to the West scene.

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Slow travel, Xuhui style. Along the West Bund: West Bund Museum, Prehistoric Planet: Dinosaurs, a Mickey pop-up by the dock, riverside water play, and outdoor cinema at Gate M. Art, shade, river breeze, Shanghai summer at walking speed.

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Shanghai's next favorite street just got mapped.
Meet Donghu Road–Yanqing Road — a one-kilometer stretch in Xuhui packed with indie coffee, fashion finds, pop-ups, and heritage lanes. Nearly 40% of the shops are founder-led, and yes, most of the owners are young.

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Xuhui in one walk: heritage streets, West Bund energy, and AI up close. As WAIC 2026 opens in Shanghai, Russian Shanghainese-language blogger Alex visits the Shanghai Foundation Model Innovation Center to explore homegrown tech products and large-model innovation.

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Summer has a new chapter on the Xuhui riverfront, written in movies.
On July 2, MovieLand · GATE M began at GATE M West Bund Dream Center, kicking off 39 days of outdoor cinema across three city landmarks. More than 50 screenings will bring classics, art movies, animation and sci-fi to riverside lawns, open plazas and summer night walks.

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Three GIANT Minions have taken over the Xuhui riverfront, and it's as chaotic-cute as it sounds.
Timed to the release of Minions & Monsters, GATE M West Bund Dream Center has transformed into a full Minions universe — oversized installations, monster easter eggs, and photo-ready corners at every turn.

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More than 200,000 LEGO bricks and 1,200 build hours went into the 3.1-metre FIFA World Cup Trophy model displayed at Gate M West Bund Dream Center. The pop-up also featured shirt-building activities and football scenes based on four star players.

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At TANK Shanghai, Fei Ren Zai wraps a former fuel tank in a 12-metre character display. Inside, a 6.5-metre-high 360-degree projection space, original drawings and interactive scenes bring the Chinese comic into full scale. Through July 20.

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SIFF has a new street-level stop in Xuhui. At 393 Wukang Road, a film-themed immersive space brings poster displays, creative products, photo spots, layered stamps and a free movie life handbook, with “ticket +” benefits across 30+ local merchants through June 21.

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From June 9 to 21, Shanghai International Film Festival stubs and guest passes unlock special offers across the Wukang Road–Anfu Road area and Shanghai iapm — local dining, coffee, fragrance, books, retail, hotels, and a film-themed market at Yonglehui. Walk out of the cinema and the plane trees are right there. A coffee worth lingering over, a bookshop worth getting lost in, a street that has always looked like it belongs in a film.

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The 24 Solar Terms are nature’s ode to time. Witness the turn of seasons, savour the grace of solar terms. Let’s explore the Magic Calendar of China.

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From Shanghai South Railway Station to Xujiahui Cathedral, Xujiahui Academy, Shanghai Symphony Orchestra, Shanghai Dramatic Arts Centre and Wukang Mansion: Xuhui’s plane-tree citywalk reads Shanghai in music, theatre, old buildings and cafe windows.

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From Shanghai South Railway Station, Xuhui’s West Bund art route moves from Longhua to Gate M West Bund Dream Center, West Bund Theatre, West Bund Museum and Long Museum West Bund: old docks, museum mile, stages and river breeze in one day.