Located at the People's Square, the city's heart, the Shanghai Grand Theatre occupies an area of 2.

1hectares, facing
the People's Boulevard in the south, along Huangpi Beilu in the west, next to the Shanghai Municipal Building in the
East. With its unique style and beautiful outlook, the
theatre has become a representative building in Shanghai,
whose existence renders the People's Square virtually the
city's center of politics and culture.

With a total construction area of 62,803 square meters and

a total height of 40 meters, the Shanghai Grand Theatre
has 10 storeys, two for underground, two for lofts and six
on the ground. Designed by Charpentier's France, the new
style architecture combines the Eastern and Western
flavor. It looks like a crystal palace in the light at night as
the white arc-shaped roof joins coherently with the light-
sensitive glass curtain wall.

The lobby of Shanghai Grand Theatre is approximate 2000

square meters with the white as its main tone, which
signifies elegant and pure. A large chandelier, formed by
six pan-pipes shaped lamp, is suspended in the lobby. The
floor is made of a rare marble called "Greece Crystal
White". The patterns shaped like piano digital, together with the pillar and the stairs, are full of rhythms. While being
inside, it's really like staying in a musical world. At the theatre, which is made up of three parts, such programs as the
opera, ballet and symphony can be performed. The Shanghai Grand Theatre has three theatres. With 1,800 seats,
the lyric theatre is divided into the auditorium, the 2nd-floor, the 3rd-floor and six balconies. The drama theatre has
750 seats and the studio theatre has 300 seats.