Shanghai Grand Theater in downtown People's Square covers an area of approximately 2.1 hectares, the unique architectural style and attractive configurations. It becomes another landmark building in Shanghai, and makes the People's Square, become the real political cultural center in Shanghai.

Shanghai Grand Theater built by a famous French architectural design company covers a total construction area of 62,803 square meters with a total height of 40 meters. There are 2-layer underground, 6 floors, and upper two levels in it. It is novel and unique architectural style integrating the East and West cultural flavor.

Shanghai Grand Theater has nearly 2,000-square meter audience hall as a recreation area. The color of the main lobby is white. It is elegant and pure. Lobby was hanging over six-Paixiao lighthouse by a combination of large crystal chandeliers. The ground is paved with rare Greece crystal white marble.

This theater demands high-level sound quality and environment. More unique features are widely used in sound and lighting equipment. Audio system is from JBL, a professional equipment provider in the United States, and lighting system is from ADB Company in Belgium. Stage equipments are all controlled by computer to meet the world's highest-level requirements of theater performance.

Since August 27, 1998, Shanghai Grand Theatre has successfully staged opera, musical, ballet, symphony, chamber music, drama, opera, and other large-scale performances and variety shows from around the world. It enjoys a high-profile. Many country leaders and foreign dignitaries, international celebrities visited the Grand Theater and gave a high assessment that the construction of Shanghai Grand Theater is the perfect crystallization of architecture and art. Shanghai Grand Theater in Shanghai is becoming an increasingly important bridge of communications between foreign and Chinese culture and arts.