The main attraction at the Shanghai Urban Planning Exhibition Center (fig.) is a large scale model of the downtown area of Central Shanghai.

This giant 600 meter² model represents 110 km² of the city, within the Inner Ring Road, at a ratio of 1:500.

Hence, this so-called Window on Shanghai represents just a fraction of the 7,037 km² of the municipality's total area.

From an opening in the floor of the next level, one can have an areal view, and now and then the exhibition hall is dimmed while the display illuminates.