Shanghai, Pudong New Area, China
Lujiazui Central Area Second-Level Pedestrian Corridor
A second-level pedestrian network in Pudong's Lujiazui financial district, built from 2008 around the circular Pearl Ring bridge over the Lujiazui roundabout and extended to the Shanghai IFC, Jin Mao Tower and Shanghai World Financial Center. It was commissioned by Pudong New Area authorities as a public works project, and the surrounding scenic area is managed by the state-linked Lujiazui Financial City Development Bureau company.
Governance
Who owns it, who runs it, what the rules are.
- Owner
- The corridor was conceived by Pudong New Area authorities and built as a public works project over public roads. Construction management was assigned to a Shanghai Urban Construction Group subsidiary. Sources did not confirm which public entity holds the asset or how the links into private buildings such as Super Brand Mall and the IFC are secured.
- Operator
- The Lujiazui scenic area, which the corridor serves, is managed by Shanghai Lujiazui Financial City Development Bureau Co., Ltd.; day-to-day operator of the corridor itself not confirmed.
- Hours
- Not confirmed in an official source. Travel listings give lift hours of roughly 08:00–23:00; the open deck is used at night.
- Public right
- The corridor is a public pedestrian facility built to separate pedestrians from traffic. No published instrument defining a right of passage through the connected private malls and towers was found.
- Who pays
- Construction was publicly funded at a reported RMB 488 million. Responsibility for ongoing maintenance, cleaning and lift operation was not found in sources.
Governing bodies
Open issues
- The corridor has become a tourist viewing platform as well as a commuter route, with holiday crowds reported at up to 500,000 a day.
Timeline
- Construction of the second-level pedestrian corridor begins in April as a Pudong major public works project.[01]
- The Pearl Ring steel ring is closed on 7 January ahead of Expo 2010.[06]
- Pearl Ring opens to pedestrians in April.[02]
- Century Bridge across Century Avenue to the Shanghai IFC is completed.[02]
- Century Corridor linking the IFC towards Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center enters service.[02]
- Shanghai Daily reports average use above 200,000 pedestrians a day.[03]
What it cost · who pays
- Total corridor project investment · 2008
- RMB 488 millionAll four phases, as reported at construction start[01]
- Pearl Ring (phase 1) investment · 2008
- RMB 133 million
The story
Lujiazui's second-level pedestrian corridor was conceived by Pudong New Area authorities to solve a problem common to the district's wide boulevards. Century Avenue is about 100 metres wide, and five roads meet at the Lujiazui roundabout beside the Oriental Pearl Tower. Pedestrians often could not reach buildings they could see across the road. Construction began in April 2008, and planners cited grade-separated walkway systems in Japan and Hong Kong as models.
The project has four parts. The Pearl Ring, a circular steel bridge 117.5 metres in diameter, was closed into a loop on 7 January 2010 and opened that April. It links Super Brand Mall, the Pudong customs building, the Shanghai IFC and Metro Line 2. The Century Bridge across Century Avenue followed in 2011. The 543-metre Century Corridor, which carries pedestrians towards Jin Mao Tower and the Shanghai World Financial Center, entered service around 2013.
Total investment was reported at RMB 488 million, of which the Pearl Ring accounted for RMB 133 million. A Shanghai Urban Construction Group subsidiary managed construction. The surrounding Lujiazui scenic area is managed by Shanghai Lujiazui Financial City Development Bureau Co., Ltd. Published sources found for this record do not set out the corridor's legal status, ownership entity, maintenance budget or required hours.
The corridor has become a tourist attraction in its own right and a viewing platform for the Pudong skyline. Shanghai Daily reported in 2023 that it carries more than 200,000 pedestrians on an average day and up to 500,000 on holidays. Recent coverage describes added amenities, including accessible lifts, rest seating, wayfinding signs and level access to the Pudong Art Museum.
Questions people ask
When did the Lujiazui circular pedestrian bridge open?
How much did the Lujiazui skywalk cost?
Who built the Lujiazui elevated walkway?
What does the Lujiazui skywalk connect?
Sources
- 陆家嘴地区“明珠环”天桥现雏形 (Lujiazui 'Pearl Ring' footbridge takes shape) — Sina Finance (2008)
- 陆家嘴中心区二层步行连廊 — Chinese Wikipedia (2025)
- Shanghai's skywalks take 'crossing the street' to new levels — Shanghai Daily, via Information Office of Shanghai Municipality (2023)
- “陆家嘴二层”是什么？ — Shanghai Observer, via Tencent News (2024)
- Lujiazui scenic area listing — Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture and Tourism (2020)primary
- 图：上海陆家嘴“明珠环”顺利合龙 — China News Service (2010)
About this record
Confidence medium · reviewed 2026-10-19. The orchestrator's 2011 opening date is wrong for the ring itself: Chinese sources give loop closure on 7 January 2010 and opening in April 2010; 2011 is the Century Bridge. Chinese Wikipedia's dates for the Century Corridor are internally inconsistent (operational October 2013, main structure joined September 2014); verify. The orchestrator's attribution to Lujiazui Group was not confirmed; the 2008 report names Pudong authorities as sponsor and Shanghai Urban Construction Group as construction manager. Not found: the asset owner, the legal instrument for links into private malls, maintenance funding, and official hours. Lift hours of about 08:00–23:00 appear only in an unattributed search summary. Total network length was not found; a 3,500 m figure from a garbled fetch was not used.
Map geometry: 24 corridor features, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL), as of 2026-10-20. Levels come from OpenStreetMap tags and can be incomplete.
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