No. 1: It is now the headquarters of China Pacific Insurance Company. It was originally called Asia Building. It was built in 1913 and was the office established in Shanghai by the British Asia Fuel Oil Company.
Known historically as "the tallest building on the Bund", the bottom and upper sections are both Baroque in style, and the middle section is in modernist architectural style. It is the oldest high-rise building in Shanghai.
No. 2: Now Dongfeng Hotel, it was once the most luxurious club in Shanghai - Shanghai Club.
Known as "Eastern London", its design imitates British classicism and also refers to the Empire State Building in Japan.
The triangular elevator is manufactured by Siemens and has a history of more than 90 years.
There is a bar of more than 110 feet, which is known as the longest bar in the Far East.
No. 3: Now known as the Lee Building, formerly known as the Union Building, it is owned by the American Lee Bank and is now the location of Singapore Giti Investment Co., Ltd.
Completed in 1916, it was the first steel structure building in Shanghai. The steel came from Germany.
No. 5: Now owned by Hua Xia Bank, it was originally the Nissin Corporation building. It is a product of the combination of modern Japanese Western architecture and classical architectural style. The exterior is made of granite and was built in 1921.
No. 6: Now belongs to Hong Kong Parkview International Enterprise Co., Ltd., formerly the China Commercial Bank Building.
The exterior wall is made of granite veneer, British Gothic architectural style, a typical building on the Bund in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
No. 7: It is now the location of the Royal Thai Consulate General in Shanghai and the Shanghai Branch of Bangkok Bank of Thailand. It was originally the Great Northern Telegraph Company Building and was built in 1907.
No. 9: The General Steamship Investment Promotion Bureau Building was built in 1901. Sheng Xuanhuai invested 2.2 million taels of silver.
No. 10-12: Now the location of Pudong Development Bank, it was originally the location of the Shanghai Branch of The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation, built in 1923.
The three bronze doors and the bronze lions on both sides were specially cast by the British. It is said that the bronze molds were destroyed immediately after being cast, and the lions became out-of-print treasures.
An octagonal foyer protrudes from the middle of the ground floor, leading into the spacious business hall.
There are eight murals made of colorful mosaics on the top of the foyer, depicting the architectural styles of eight major cities including Shanghai, Hong Kong, London, Paris, New York, Tokyo, Bangkok, and Calcutta in the early 20th century.
Next to the painting is the text "We are all brothers within the four seas".
After liberation, the Shanghai Municipal Government once had its offices here.
This building cost 8 million taels of silver and is known as "the most elegant building from the Suez Canal to the Bering Strait".
No. 13: It is now the Customs House, a sister building of the HSBC Bank Building. It was built in 1927 and is modeled after the big clock (Big Ben) of the British Parliament Building. It was built in the UK and then assembled in Shanghai. The facade of this building
The big clock is the largest clock in Asia and one of the most famous clocks in the world (one of only three existing Westminster clocks in the world). The Westminster chime is played every hour on the hour.
During the Cultural Revolution, it was changed to Dongfanghong.
No. 14: Now the Shanghai Federation of Trade Unions, it was designed by Hongda Yang Company and constructed by Tao Fuji Construction Factory in 1948. It was the last building built in the Bund building complex before the liberation of Shanghai.
No. 15: Now the China Foreign Exchange Trading Center, it was originally the Sino-Russian Daosheng Bank Building, completed in 1902.
No. 16: Now belongs to China Merchants Bank, formerly the Bank of Taiwan Building.
The Bank of Taiwan was originally the Nissho Bank, which was opened by Japan in Taipei after Taiwan became a Japanese colony. In 1911, it established a branch in Shanghai.
After the victory of the Anti-Japanese War, the Kuomintang government placed the Bank of Taiwan under the ownership of the Shanghai Branch of the Agricultural Bank of China.
No. 17: Now the AIA Building, it was originally the Zilin West News Building. It is the first high-rise building in Shanghai.
"Zi Lin Xi Bao" was founded in 1850. It is an English daily newspaper run by the British and the largest news publishing organization in Shanghai.
"Zilinxi Bao" was initially just a 4-page English weekly newspaper, which published merchant quotations, shipping schedules, flights and other traffic information. Later, it often published announcements and news bulletins from the British Concession authorities and became known as the mouthpiece of the Concession Industry Bureau.
It ceased publication in 1951.
The interior of the building has white marble floors, black marble walls, and a golden mosaic dome, which is very elegant.
No. 18: Built in 1923, it is a city-level classic protected building with an 84-year history. It is located at the intersection of Nanjing East Road on the Bund. It was formerly known as Building 18 on the Bund of Macquarie Bank. It was once the headquarters of the British Standard Chartered Bank in China.
Built in 1923.
Since the relocation of Standard Chartered Bank in 1955, it has been used by many units.
The four ancient Greek-style marble columns at the entrance of the restored Bund Building 18 are original and mysteriously come from an Italian church two hundred years ago.
Two tailor-made three-meter-high red glass chandeliers are all assembled from hollow glass tubes. Each lamp is assembled from one hundred and eighty-five parts.
The dazzling 24K gold brick mosaic mural in the lobby is entirely handmade.
It has been built into an internationally renowned center for fashion, jewelry, luxury watches, food, entertainment, and art.
No. 19 and 20: It is now the Peace Hotel, divided into the South Building and the North Building. The South Building was originally the Huizhong Hotel Building, and the North Building was originally the Chinachem (mào) Hotel Building.
Huizhong Hotel is one of the oldest existing hotels in Shanghai. It was built in 1854 and is the most luxurious hotel in Shanghai.
It was renovated in 1906. During the renovation, old China installed an elevator in a building for the first time. In 1965, it was changed to the south building of the Peace Hotel. The Chinachem Hotel was invested by the real estate tycoon Sassoon, also known as the Sassoon Building, and was known as the "No. 1 building in the Far East."
"First Floor" was changed to the North Building of Peace Hotel in 1956.