One of the most prestigious five star hotels in Shanghai. It has a great downtown location, near the Huaihai Road Shopping street and is only a ten-minute walk from Xintiandi-Shanghai. The hotel's beautiful grounds cove more than three hectares, including 16,500 square meters of landscaping. The hotel has five modern structures: Cathay Building, Cathay Garden, Grosvenor House, East & West Wings, and Jun Ling Building. The former three buildings have 442 hotel rooms, while the latter two offer 192 suites for offices and apartments. The Cathay Building, the oldest among the five buildings inside the Jin Jiang Hotel Shanghai, was the birthplace of the first state guesthouse in China after the founding of the People’s Republic of China in 1949. ... [+] More The Art-Deco Cathay Building took the lead among its neighbors in architectural style. The Cathay Building have 203 newly renovated guestrooms. Boasting an environmental-friendly design, each guest room features an average space of 40 square meters and is more than 3 meters in height, while a suite reaches 65 square meters. The brand-new rooms, equipped with LCD HDTV, high-speed broadband internet access and international brand bedding, would no doubt meet the requirements of business travelers. There is 208 guest rooms in Cathay Garden, the decoration style follows that of Cathay Building and Grosvenor House. Guests and visitors are able to see the grand lobby elegantly redesigned to feature a lobby library, presenting the profound history and cultural of Jin Jiang Hotel. The solid and magnificent Grosvenor House was established in 1934, whose middle part is the highest, which falls towards both sides progressively with the crossing lines clear. The main building is 18 floors’ high; the east side and the west side are 13 floors’ high. The ornament of continuous geometric figure in the hall corridor looks luxurious and graceful, and you can experience the sentiment and graceful bearing of the past at any corner. The spacious lift porch awaits the arrival of honorable arrival of guest at any time. Then there is Jin Jiang Grand Hall, the site where the Shanghai Communique-an important document in U.S.-China relations-was signed during President Richard Nixon's groundbreaking trip to China in 1972. Today, you can use the same Grand Hall for conferences, banquets and other professional events. Since its inauguration, Jin Jiang Hotel Shanghai has received more than 500 heads of state and witnessed many great events in Chinese modern history.