On the evening of September 12, a light came on,
The opening of the 31st Shanghai Tourism Festival was announced
The eastern section of Nanjing East Road Pedestrian Street, which lasted 262 days, was opened at the same time

On September 12, Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street became the undisputed hot spot and traffic champion in Shanghai. The opening ceremony of the 2020 Shanghai Tourism Festival and the activity of Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street East Tuokai Street were held here. Since then, the pedestrian street is connected with the 45-kilometer shoreline of the riverside, and the beautiful scenery of the “World Meeting Room” is better presented to Chinese and foreign tourists. Gong Zheng, deputy secretary of the municipal party committee and mayor, attended. City leaders Zhou Huilin, Xiao Guiyu, Chen Tong and Zhang Endi attended the event.
meanwhile
as another venue for the event
A special lighting ceremony was held on 1882 Square
On July 26, 1882, China’s first power generation company, Shanghai Electric Company, was officially put into commercial operation, and Shanghai’s first arc lamp was lit at Nanjing East Road, announcing that Shanghai became the earliest city in China and the third city in the world to use electric energy. After 138 years of change and development, a little glimmer of light has long been turned into thousands of lights, and now it stands on the newly named “1882 Square”. On the lamppost that lit the lamp that year, a new inlaid copper word was added: the people’s city is built by the people, the people’s city is for the people, and the people’s electricity industry is for the people.
This first arc lamp in Shanghai, which has gone through more than 130 years of wind and rain, is lit again, which also indicates that Nanjing Road Pedestrian Street has passed through history and opened a new chapter.