The Oriental Pearl Tower is the highest TV

  The Oriental Pearl Tower (468m) is the highest TV and radio tower in Asia and the third tallest in the world. It was built in 1994 and soon became Shanghai's landmark.More information about China Tours in chinatourguide.com

  As the new landmark of Shanghai travel, Shanghai Oriental Pearl Television Tower plays a role of TV signal transmitting, amusement and traveling. The upper sightseeing part with a height of 263 meters and the ball of space capsule with a height of 350 meters are the best site to have a full bird’s eye view. The revolving restaurant is also its highlight. The ground floor is Shanghai Urban History Development Museum, which re-exhibits the people’s life of old Shanghai and it is an epitome of Shanghai history beginning with its opening as a trade port. Today, Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower has ranked one of Shanghai Top Ten New Attractions, and as a hot tourist attraction, Shanghai Oriental Pearl Tower was approved as a five-A tourist attraction nationwide in 2007, which is also the top level of assessment standard.
  The tower is composed of the tower base with three batter posts, and three standing pillars, within which are elevators, holding 11 steel-structures creates the poetic conception as described in the old line "large and small pearls dropping onto a jade plate".