Zhabei, formerly romanized as Chapei, is a neighborhood and a former district of

Shanghai Shanghai (; , , Standard Mandarin pronunciation: ) is one of the four direct-administered municipalities of the People's Republic of China (PRC). The city is located on the southern estuary of the Yangtze River, with the Huangpu River flow ...

with a land area of and a resident population of 847,300 as of 2013. It is the location of the

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, one of the main railway stations of Shanghai. On November 4, 2015, Zhabei was merged into the smaller but more central

Jing'an District Jing'an District () is one of the central districts of Shanghai. In 2014, it had 1,180,000 inhabitants in an area of . The district borders the Hongkou District to the east, Huangpu District, Shanghai, Huangpu District to the east and south, Put ...

. Historically, the district has been highly populated with working class residents. However, due to the shift in the structure of industries and increasing number of immigrants from outside Shanghai, partly due to its reasonable real estate price (compared to its counterparts such as Putuo and

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), the district has become increasingly appealing to city residents. Zhabei District from Pearl Tower

Economy

Zhabei local authorities have developed business and commercial centres in the district. It has attracted various foreign companies to build offices, apartments and commercial retail outlets over there. It is also where the

Shanghai Multimedia Valley The Tuspark Shanghai (Chinese: 清华科技园（上海）) or Shanghai Multimedia Valley (SMV), Tsinghua University Science Park is a Chinese high-tech company which builds business parks. It is located in Zhabei District of Shanghai, among Gonghe ...

(SMV) is located to attract media and IT talent. Major companies located in Zhabei include TÜV Rheinland, Royal Philips Electronics and Shanghai Bell Alcatel Business Systems Co., LTD.

China Resources Beverage China Resources Beverage (Holdings) Ltd. or CR Beverage () is the division of China Resources that sells soft drinks. Its head office is in the north area of the Hi-tech Park (新科技园 ''Xīn Kējì Yuán'') in Nanshan District, Shenzhen.

, the distributor of C'estbon water, has its east China regional office on the twentieth floor of the Huanzhi International Building () in the district. The

League of Legends Pro League The ''League of Legends'' Pro League (LPL) is the top-level professional league for '' League of Legends'' in China. The first season of the LPL was the 2013 Spring season. The top three finishers of the playoff tournament receive automatic bid ...

, (LPL) the highest level of professional ''

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'' in Mainland China, is played in the Shanghai Electric Industrial Park in Zhabei District.

Facilities

Zhabei District used to be the place of agglomeration of traditional industries such as flavor factory and tires factory. In the last decade, the municipality decided to move the old industry out in order to make space for more promising ones such as the hi-tech and creative industries. Daning Lingshi Park, the biggest green area in the downtown area, is surrounded Shanghai Zhabei Government Portal - www.shzb.gov.cn/en
by a series of cultural facilities such as the

Zhabei Stadium Zhabei Stadium () is a multi-use stadium in Shanghai. It is currently used mostly for football matches and athletics Athletics may refer to: Sports * Sport of athletics, a collection of sporting events that involve competitive running, jumping ...

and Shanghai Circus World. The

Shanghai University Shanghai University, commonly referred to as SHU, or colloquially Shangda (), is a public research university located in Shanghai. The 555-acre main Baoshan campus is situated in the north of Shanghai, and there are two other campuses in Jiadi ...

, Yanchang Campus is also located near the Daning Lingshi Park.

References

External links

Shanghai Zhabei Government Portal
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Economy

Facilities

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