XUHUI. With 13 million books and manuscripts as well as 20 reading rooms, this is a book lover's haven. The Shanghai Library covers 830,000 square meters and is considered one of the largest libraries in the world. Quite modern, the current site was completed in 1996. The facility has CD-ROM capabilities, AV rooms, and recently merged with the Shanghai Science and Technology Information Research Institute. Architecturally, it features two towers connected to a five-story main structure. METRO: Changshu Lu (Line 1)

Daily 8:30am-8:30pm

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