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Pudong, Shanghai — Area Guide & Where to Stay
Pudong is a district of Shanghai on the east bank of the Huangpu, facing the old centre of Puxi.
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Where to stay in Pudong
The practical side of choosing where to sleep.
Pudong reads as Shanghai's newer half, spread across the east bank of the Huangpu and reaching outward toward the East China Sea. Base yourself here if you want the wide riverfront looking across at Puxi, with the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum and the Long Museum within the district. It suits a first Shanghai stay.
Rooms cluster near the river and the museum quarter rather than in the outer stretches of the Pudong New Area.
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Huangpu riverfront
The east-bank promenade along the Huangpu looks straight across the water at the historic Puxi skyline.Find hotels in Huangpu riverfronttravellers drawn to the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum and gallery walksMuseum quarter
Beds near the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum and the Long Museum put the district's cultural anchors within reach.Find hotels in Museum quarterHotel links are affiliate links: booking through them may earn us a commission, at no extra cost to you. It never affects how places are ranked. How this works
About Pudong
What are the main landmarks in Pudong?
Two draws anchor Pudong. The Shanghai Science and Technology Museum sits inland from the Huangpu, a broad exhibition hall that pulls in school groups and visitors across the east bank of Shanghai. Nearby, the Long Museum adds a contemporary-art counterweight, its galleries set within the district rather than across in Puxi.
A third landmark is the river itself, the boundary that gives Pudong its name and its outlook toward the East China Sea.
What is the history of Pudong?
The name Pudong once meant only the Huangpu's east bank, the land directly across from Puxi, the historic core of Shanghai. It was a riverbank, not a district. In 1993 the wider Pudong New Area was established as a state-level new area, extending the name eastward across the countryside toward the East China Sea.
What had been a bank opposite the old city grew into a formal district of Shanghai.
Where is Pudong?
Pudong lies on the east bank of the Huangpu in Shanghai, a broad district that runs eastward from the river all the way to the East China Sea.
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What is the best area to stay in Pudong?
Huangpu riverfront: first-time visitors wanting the cross-river view of Puxi. Museum quarter: travellers drawn to the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum and gallery walks.
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Updated October 2026