Shanghai Library East, which took nearly five years to build, is not only the largest single-building library in China but also one of the largest newly built libraries in the world. The total construction area is 115,000 square meters, with seven floors above ground and two below ground. It has nearly 6,000 seats, 22 themed reading spaces, and a total open-shelf collection of about 4.8 million books.

Address: No 300 Yingchun Road, Pudong New Area

Shanghai Library East. [Photo/VCG]