Shanghai Aquarium - one of the most modern and largest aquariums international level. This aquarium-aquarium thousands of species of marine animals that live in the waters of China. The main theme of the aquarium is the "Getting to know the inhabitants of the underwater world of the 5 continents."

Oceanarium area - 20,000 square meters. Its construction was completed in November 2001, and in December launched the first copies were fish. For visitors to the aquarium opened its doors in 2002, and now it is visited by more than 1 million tourists a year and about 21 thousand people a day. Construction of oceanarium cost about $ 50 million. Today the collection tank has about 10,000 species of fish and 450 species of animals from all over the world.

The aquarium is located in Shanghai 28 departments, 8 are part of the large exhibition areas. These zones are referred to as Australia, Africa, cold water, sea water, Asia, the depth of the oceans, polar waters, and South America. There is also an exhibition department, which presents aquatic species and ecology of the river areas of China.

Each department can get an idea of ​​the marine inhabitants of a given region, the inhabitants of the rivers of different continents, as well as the environment in which they live.

Shanghai aquarium is of interest not only for people who are keen underwater world. In the hall, which is dedicated to the different peoples of the world, visitors can obtain information about the many cultures through media and various exhibits.

Shanghai Aquarium - one of the giant aquariums around the world and also one of the most beautiful.