The domed neoclassical headquarters of the Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, built by Palmer & Turner in 1921-1923 and once called "the most luxurious building from the Suez Canal to the Bering Strait". It now houses Shanghai Pudong Development Bank.
- Address
- 12 East Zhongshan No. 1 Road, Huangpu District
- Hours
- not verified
- Best time to go
- Afternoon · About 20 min
- Price
- Free to enter the banking hall during bank hours (Price not verified)
- Price level
- ¥
Details can change. Check hours and prices before you go.
Good to know
- Look up under the entrance dome: That's Shanghai describes the eight mosaic murals of the cities where HSBC operated, which Red Guards targeted in 1966.
- The bronze lions outside are replicas; That's and the city government say an original lion is kept in the Shanghai History Museum.