Shanghai Jinjiang Hotel (ä¸Âæµ·é¦æ±Âé¥ÂåºÂ) is a for-profit hotel in Huangpu, Shanghai, China. The hotel is operated by Jin Jiang International (Holdings) Co., Ltd.
The main part of the hotel comprises two early 20th century apartment buildings, set around two lawns. The hotel contains 515 guest rooms, which include both modern facilities and traditional furniture and decor. The hotel covers an area of about 30,000 square metres, of which 10,000 square metres are covered with green leisure space, flowers, and trees. The hotel was renovated in 2004.
On March 15, 1935, Dong Zhujun opened Jinjiang Sichuan Restaurant on Huage Road (now Ninghai West Road) and the Jinjiang Tea House on Hualong Road (now Yandang Road) the next year, famous for its female waitresses. In 1951, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government arranged for Jinjiang Sichuan Restaurant and Jinjiang Tea House to move into the former Cathay Mansions and be renamed Jinjiang Hotel and operate as a state guesthouse for entertaining senior cadres and foreign guests. Since then, it has received more than 400 heads of state and government leaders ÃÂ .
When Nixon visited China in 1972, the US delegation stayed at the Jinjiang Hotel. The Shanghai Communiqué, which marked the normalization of relations between China and the United States, was also signed and issued in the small auditorium of the Jinjiang Hotel built in 1957
The Jinjiang Hotel comprises two historic buildings, originally high-end properties developed by Victor Sassoon.
As a representative of the state of "Chinese culinary artistry", the hotel's cuisine was highly praised by a New York Times reporter, proving that the China's cuisine is returning to its "glory days".
The catering service department of Jinjiang Grand Hall gained the honor of âÂÂAdvanced Group of National Travel Industryâ and made a speech as the only representative from Shanghai (a total of six were chosen in China) in the Great Hall of the People in Beijing.