上海明珠电视塔

东方明珠塔位于上海浦东，1991年7月30日动工，1994年10月1日建成。塔高468米，与外滩的“万国建筑博览群”隔江相望，建设完成时，列亚洲第一，世界第三高塔。

上海明珠电视塔介绍

东方明珠塔位于上海浦东，1991年7月30日动工，1994年10月1日建成。塔高468米，与外滩的“万国建筑博览群”隔江相望，建设完成时，列亚洲第一，世界第三高塔。

设计者富于幻想地将11个大小不一、高低错落的球体从蔚蓝的天空中串联至如茵的绿色草地上，而两颗红宝石般晶莹夺目的巨大球体被高高托起，整个建筑浑然一体，创造了“大珠小珠落玉盘”的意境。

东方明珠塔由三根直径为9米的立柱、塔座、下球体、上球体、太空舱等组成。

上海国际新闻中心坐落于巍然屹立的东方明珠塔下，是集新闻发布、观光、会展、餐饮等功能于一体的综合性新闻中心。1100平方米的新闻发布厅配置有最先进的同传、背投、音响与灯光等会务设施，可容纳800人规模的新闻发布会或国际会议。

东方明珠游船码头位于黄浦江畔，占地面积2200余平方米，乘坐东方明珠浦江游览船沿江畅游，即可尽情领略百业兴旺、百舸争流的都市情怀。

东方明珠塔每年接待来自于五洲四海中外宾客280多万人次，是集观光、餐饮、购物、娱乐、游船、会展、历史陈列、广播电视发射等多功能于一体的综合性旅游文化景点。东方明珠塔业已成为上海的标志性建筑，荣列上海十大新景观之一。作为全国旅游热点之一，东方明珠塔又以其优质服务，在2001年初被国家旅游局评为全国首批AAAA级旅游景点。

Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower was completed on Oct. 1, 1994. It is 468 m high, being the highest in Asia and the third highest in the world, only next the TV towers in Toronto in Canada and Moscow in Russia. It stands opposite to the bund on the west bank.. The architectural modeling of the tower is unique, expressing the flavor of oriental culture. The structure of the tower consists of 11 spheres, different in sizes and arranged at different levels, hanging from the sky down to the green lawns. It expresses the artistic concept of “pearls, big and small, dropping on a jade plate”. The body of the tower is formed of two huge glittering spheres and one small delicate sphere; the sightseeing level in the upper sphere is 45 m in circumference, 263 m high, offering a bird’s-eye view of the city. In the upper sphere at the 267-m level, there is a revolving restaurant, with one revolution every hour, a disco ball, a piano accompanied bar and at the 271-m level there are 20 KTV private rooms. The space cabin is at a level of 350 m, containing a sightseeing terrace, a meeting hall and a coffee room. Hotel in the Air is in the five smaller sphere with 20 guest rooms. The lower sphere contains a space city. There is a science fiction city inside the tower pedestal. The Oriental Pearl TV Tower combines sightseeing, catering, shopping, recreation, accommodation, broadcasting and TV transmission into one body. It has become a symbolic architecture and a favorable spot for tourists in Shanghai.