上海展览中心

上海展览中心是经上海市人民政府批准组建的专业从事会议、展览业务的经济实体，主体建筑建成于1955年3月，是新中国成立后上海建成的会展场所。五十很多年以来，在这里举行过重大政治、外事活动，接待过日常重要会议的服务保障工作。每年还组织和举办数百个国内外展览会和许多国际品牌的商业推介活动，已成为全市主要的会议中心和展览场馆，是本市重要的政治、经济、科技、文化活动中心和对外交流的窗口之一，为上海的改革开放和社会发展做出了重要的贡献。

上海展览中心建筑在上海建筑群中独具一格。其俄罗斯风格建筑雄伟典雅、装饰华丽。

上海展览中心占地9.3万平方米，建筑面积8万平方米，坐落在繁华的南京西路和交通主干道延安中路之间。经历过多次扩建改造，2001年又进行了保持原有建筑风貌、提升功能的加固大修改造，造就了“南展北会”的新格局，现有展览面积2.2万平方米，大小40多个能分别容纳数十人至上千人的多功能会议室和会议厅。南部以序馆、中央大厅、东一馆、西一馆和西二馆组成展览区，北部以友谊会堂和东二馆组成会议区。两个区域既相互独立，又相互联系，形成南展北会、能分能合的功能格局。

Established with the approval of Shanghai Municipal People's Government, SEC is an economic entity specializing in offering large-scale conference and exhibition services. With its buildings completed in March 1955, SEC is the first ever site for conference and exhibition after the founding of the People's Republic of China. Over the past five decades or so, SEC has been the venue for quite a number of important political events and foreign affairs, where CCP leaders of the first, second and the third generation arrived to attend meetings and to meet scores of heads of states from foreign countries. SEC boasts the host to a great many successful international and domestic conferences, exhibitions, and commercial promotion activities. . SEC is a center for important political, economic, science & technology and cultural activities. Architecturally, SEC is blessed with a unique characteristic. With its magnificent and elegant Russian styles and exquisitely graceful decorations, SEC was awarded in 1989 the title of one of the "Shanghai Ten Best Architectures in the period of 1949-1989". In 1999, it is again ranked among "Shanghai Ten classic Architectures with Gold Medals during the 50th Anniversary of the founding of the PRC". According to their functionality, SEC is pided into two parts, the north part and the south part. With Introductory Hall, Central Hall, No.1 East Hall, NO.1 West Hall, No.2 West Hall, the southern part forms an exhibition area, Friendship Hall together with No.2 East Hall in the north is designated as the conference area. SEC is an ideal venue for conference, exhibition and large-scale event in Shanghai.