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{{short description|Public square in central Shanghai}}
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{{Infobox Chinese|pic=People Square seen from Urban Planning Exhibition Center.JPG|piccap=The southwest corner of People's Square seen from the [[Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center|Urban Planning Museum]]|s={{linktext|人民|广场}}|t={{linktext|人民|廣場}}|p=Rénmín Guǎngchǎng|lmz=Zenmin guaonzån <!--人 is not "nin" in this case-->|order=st}}▼
{{more citations needed|date=September 2013}}
▲{{Infobox Chinese|pic=People Square seen from Urban Planning Exhibition Center.JPG|piccap=The southwest corner of People's Square seen from the [[Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center|Urban Planning Museum]]|s={{linktext|人民|广场}}|t={{linktext|人民|廣場}}|p=Rénmín Guǎngchǎng|lmz=Zenmin
[[File:Peoples Square.jpg|thumb|The fountain]]
'''People's Square''' ({{lang-zh|人民广场}}) is a large [[public square]] in the [[Huangpu District, Shanghai|Huangpu District]] of [[Shanghai]].<ref name="lonelyplanet">{{cite book|first=Christopher | last=Pitts |title=Pocket Shanghai | publisher=[[Lonely Planet]] | isbn=978-1-74179-963-7 | date=April 2013 |edition=3rd |pages=22–43 | chapter=The Bund & People's Square}}</ref> It is south of [[Nanjing Road]] (West) and north of [[Huaihai Road]] (East).
People's Square is the site of Shanghai's municipal government headquarters building and the standard reference point for measurement of distance of almost all highways in the Shanghai municipality is set in the north of the square, near the fountain.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://sh.eastday.com/m/20150824/u1a8851975.html |title=高速公路标注"距上海" 究竟距上海什么地方-原点 零公里处 高速公路 1950年 上海出发-上海频道-东方网 |website=sh.eastday.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151008014052/http://sh.eastday.com/m/20150824/u1a8851975.html |archive-date=2015-10-08}} </ref>
[[File:Race Couse in Shanghai 1912.jpg|thumb|The Shanghai Racecourse in 1912.]]
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==History==
Prior to 1949 and the [[Proclamation of the People's Republic of China|establishment of the
In the 1990s, major changes were made to the square. The Shanghai Municipal Government was moved here from the [[HSBC Building, Shanghai|former HSBC Building]] on the Bund, also the [[Shanghai Museum]] was moved here from its previous site in a former office building. More recent additions include the [[Shanghai Grand Theatre]] and the [[Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Hall]].
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==Transportation==
{{main|People's Square station (Shanghai Metro)}}
The [[Shanghai Metro]]'s [[People's Square station (Shanghai Metro)|People's Square Subway Station]] is an interchange among the subway's [[Shanghai Metro Line 1|Line 1]], [[Shanghai Metro Line 2|Line 2]], and [[Shanghai Metro Line 8|Line 8]]. Several bus stops also ring the north and south sides of the square.
==See also==
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