Shipping containers sit stacked in a terminal at the Yangshan Deep Water Port.

Shipping containers sit stacked in a terminal at the Yangshan Deep Water Port.

Tourists ride on a ferry crossing the Huangpu River towards the Lujiazui Financial District.

A man wipes down a lion statue in front of a bank on the Bund.

A traveller wheels their luggage through the main hall of the Shanghai Hongqiao Railway Station.

Attendees use their smartphones as QR codes for various in-app games are displayed on a wall at Tencent Holdings Ltd.'s WeChat Open Class Pro conference.

The Wison Building in the Zhangjiang Hi-Tech Zone, operated by Shanghai Zhangjiang Group Co., in the Pudong district.

Vehicles travel along a raised highway.

The Oriental Pearl Tower (centre), stands among other buildings in the Lujiazui Financial District on the Pudong riverside.

The Oriental Pearl Tower (centre left), Shanghai World Financial Center (centre), and the Shanghai Tower (centre right), stand among other buildings in the Lujiazui Financial District on the Pudong ri...

The Oriental Pearl Tower (centre left), Shanghai World Financial Center (centre), and the Shanghai Tower (centre right), stand among other buildings in the Lujiazui Financial District on the Pudong ri...

An aerial photograph taken above Shanghai.

The Oriental Pearl Tower (centre left), Shanghai World Financial Center (centre), and the Shanghai Tower (centre right), stand among other buildings in the Lujiazui Financial District on the Pudong ri...

The Oriental Pearl Tower (centre left), Shanghai World Financial Center (centre), and the Shanghai Tower (centre right), stand among other buildings in the Lujiazui Financial District on the Pudong ri...

Shipping containers sit stacked in a terminal at the Yangshan Deep Water Port.