At night, Shanghai Oriental Art Center looks like a white lotus blooming in the thick trees. Shanghai Oriental Art Center is comparable with Shanghai Grand Theater. It is located in the center of Pudong Administrative area. As the east starting point of Shanghai new cultural programming, Shanghai Oriental Art Center is one of the important cultural symbolic architecture.

Shanghai Oriental Art Center was built by both Shanghai Municipal Government and Pudong New-area Government at the cost of over 1.1 billion RMB Yuan. The total area is around 40,000 square meters. It is designed by French Famous Architect Paul. Andrew. This date of building was on March 26 2002 and completed and formally operated was on December, 31, 2004 with a completion ceremony. Overlooked from above, Shanghai Oriental Art Center looks like five pieces of blooming flower leaves; five hemispheroid building are the entrance of main hall, the performance hall, music hall, exhibition hall, and opera hall

In July 2005, Shanghai Oriental Art Center holds a series of high-quality and high-level performances, especially the first Shanghai-visit Music Concert successfully hosted Berlin Philharmonic Orchestra was extensively influential. It is commented as one of the top-ten cultural news of Shanghai in 2005. In early period of 2006, it was selected to be one of the top-ten fashionable landmarks. It was also called: Shanghai’s Newest Place for Elegant Art Release. If you want to enjoy the orchestra symphony, Shanghai Oriental Art Center is your top selection has been a slogan for citizens.