Huangpu district, located on the west bank of the Huangpu River with an area of 20.52 square kilometers, is the core of downtown Shanghai, hailed as "heart, window and name card" of the city.

In the past five years, Huangpu has enjoyed robust economic development, with its GDP and economic density ranking among the top and the first place respectively among all districts of the city. In 2021, Huangpu had a contractual foreign investment of nearly 1.65 billion yuan ($230.25 million), up 4.92 percent over the previous year, a total commodity sales volume of over 930 billion yuan, the largest number of "first stores", reaching 222 in total, and 210 company headquarters including 58 regional headquarters of MNCs.

During the 14th Five-Year Plan (2021-25) period, Huangpu district will make full use of its economic and cultural advantages to enhance its core functions, preserve the Shanghai-style culture and promote quality urban lifestyles, in support of Shanghai's development into a global metropolis.

Investment Highlights

The "3+3+X" system for developing high-end service industries will be further improved.

  Three hundred-billion-level industries:

Financial services

Commerce and trade services

Professional services

  Three ten-billion-level industries:

Cultural tourism services

Sci-tech innovation services

Healthcare services

  Promising industries:

Digital economy

Online economy

Scenario economy

Business-supporting Facilities

  A new layout of "one zone, two cores and three areas"

  Bund Financial Agglomeration Zone

Key Buildings: Bund Finance Center (BFC), Gold Bund International Plaza, Jiushi Tower, Bund Huarong Building, Bund Center.

  East Nanjing Road–People's Square

Key Buildings: Henderson Metropolitan, Hongyi Plaza, World Trade Center, Headquarters Building.

  Middle Huaihai Road–Xintiandi Cluster

Key Buildings: Corporate Avenue, Lippo Plaza, Shanghai Times Square, Hong Kong Plaza, Shanghai Central Plaza, Shui On Plaza.

  Dapuqiao–Sinan Road Block

Key Buildings: Huangpu Central Park, Sun Moon Light Center Office Building.

  Expo Puxi Park

Key Buildings: One East Plaza, Gopher Center, Riverside Expo Mansion

  The Old Town

Key Buildings: Yueyuan Shopping Mall, Jinyu Shopping Mall, City God Temple No.1 Shopping Center

Major Area: Bund Financial Agglomeration Zone

  Overview

Located in the heartland of Huangpu district with an area of 2.6 square kilometers, the Bund Financial Agglomeration Zone is one of the core functional areas of Shanghai as an international financial center.

  Features and Advantages

Clustering of financial functions: Six national financial factor markets have been established, contributing three-fourths and one-sixth of the city's total transaction volume and value added of the financial industry, and more than 40 percent of Huangpu’s GDP.

Abundant office buildings: A multitude of office buildings are ready for enterprises, whose capacity has been further enhanced by functional replacement and transformation of old buildings, with a total of 120,000 square meters renovated and upgraded.

  Investment Highlights:

Assets management

Fintech

Sources: Shanghai Foreign Investment Guide 2022 and 2023, Shanghai Municipal Commission of Economy and Informatization