The Centre Hotel () building, which was built in the late 1920s, is located at No.237,its original address was NO.303 Zhongshan East Road,

Nanjing Nanjing (; , Mandarin pronunciation: ), alternately romanized as Nanking, is the capital of Jiangsu province of the People's Republic of China. It is a sub-provincial city, a megacity, and the second largest city in the East China region. T ...

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, and it is still called the Centre Hotel today. Facing south, the 3-storey Centre Hotel is a hybrid structure building designed in Western style, covering an area of 5,650 square metres and the gross floor area is 10,057 square metres. The Centre Hotel, being one of the best-known hotels in Nanjing (the capital of China during the Republic of China era) in the 1930s and 1940s, was famous for Western food. On June 10, 2006, it was listed in the third batch of Nanjing culture relics protection units.

History

In January 1930, the Centre Hotel officially opened. The Centre Hotel hosted many celebrities over the years, such as

Zhang Xueliang Chang Hsüeh-liang (, June 3, 1901 – October 15, 2001), also romanized as Zhang Xueliang, nicknamed the "Young Marshal" (少帥), known in his later life as Peter H. L. Chang, was the effective ruler of Northeast China and much of northern ...

(Chinese: 张学良),

Zhou Enlai Zhou Enlai (; 5 March 1898 – 8 January 1976) was a Chinese statesman and military officer who served as the first Premier of the People's Republic of China, premier of the People's Republic of China from 1 October 1949 until his death on 8 J ...

(Chinese:周恩来),

Zhu De Zhu De (; ; also Chu Teh; 1 December 1886 – 6 July 1976) was a Chinese general, military strategist, politician and revolutionary in the Chinese Communist Party. Born into poverty in 1886 in Sichuan, he was adopted by a wealthy uncle at ...

(Chinese:朱德),

Ye Jianying Ye Jianying (; 28 April 1897 – 22 October 1986) was a Chinese Communist revolutionary leader and politician, one of the founding Ten Marshals of the People's Republic of China. He was the top military leader in the 1976 coup that overthrew ...

(Chinese: 叶剑英),

Long Yun Long Yun (; 27 November 1884 – 27 June 1962) was governor and warlord of the Chinese province of Yunnan from 1927 to October 1945, when he was overthrown in a coup (known as "The Kunming Incident") by Du Yuming under the order of Chiang Kai- ...

(Chinese: 龙云) (the military-political leader of Yunnan Province),

Mei Lanfang Mei Lan (22 October 1894 – 8 August 1961), better known by his stage name Mei Lanfang, was a notable Peking opera artist in modern Chinese theater. Mei was known as "Queen of Peking Opera". Mei was exclusively known for his female lead ...

(Chinese: 梅兰芳), leaders of overseas Chinese, Situ Meitang (Chinese: 司徒美堂) (the chairman of The China Zhi Gong Party) and

John Leighton Stuart John Leighton Stuart (; June 24, 1876 – September 19, 1962) was a missionary educator, the first President of Yenching University and later United States ambassador to China. He was a towering figure in U.S.-Chinese relations in the first half o ...

( US Ambassador). After the fall of

, the Centre Hotel was taken over by the

PLA PLA may refer to: Organizations Politics and military * People's Liberation Army, the armed forces of China and of the ruling Chinese Communist Party * People's Liberation Army (disambiguation) ** Irish National Liberation Army, formerly called ...

. In 1995, the Logistics Department of

Nanjing Military Region The Nanjing Military Region () was one of the former seven military command regions for the Chinese People's Liberation Army. Its jurisdiction covers all military and armed police located in Anhui, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Jiangxi, Fujian, and Shanghai ...

moved out the residents. In the same year, the Shandong Zhicheng (Hong Kong) Interior Design Company renovated the Centre Hotel on the basis of maintaining its original look. On August 18, the construction was completed. The Centre Hotel reopened on September 19. The well-known politician Cheng Siyuan, Deputy Chairman of the

Standing Committee of the National People's Congress The Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China (NPCSC) is the permanent body of the National People's Congress (NPC) of the People's Republic of China (PRC), which is the highest organ of state po ...

, provided the calligraphy for the inscription of the hotel name. Today, the cast iron balconies of the Centre Hotel’s guest rooms facing south and streets are still in their original condition of the

Republican Republican can refer to: Political ideology * An advocate of a republic, a type of government that is not a monarchy or dictatorship, and is usually associated with the rule of law. ** Republicanism, the ideology in support of republics or agains ...

period. The stairs, handrails, balustrades and the floor boards of most rooms stay the same. With the construction area of 10318 square metres, the Centre Hotel has 117 rooms of different kinds.

Overview

Located at Xinjiekou, the

central business district A central business district (CBD) is the commercial and business centre of a city. It contains commercial space and offices, and in larger cities will often be described as a financial district. Geographically, it often coincides with the "city ...

Nanjing, Centre Hotel today is called Nanjing Zhongyang Hotel. It has 110 total rooms and contains facilities like a Chinese restaurant, a Western restaurant, conference rooms, banquet hall, and a beauty salon. The hotel was last renovated in 2011. In its hallways hang photos of olden days Nanjing and famous historical figures who has stayed at the hotel. The lobby has been maintained as it had been during

days.

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