Oriental Pearl Broadcasting &; The TV Tower is one of Shanghai's landmark cultural landscapes, located in Lujiazui, Pudong New Area, with a height of about 468 meters. The building was completed in July of 199 1 and put into use in May of 1995. It undertakes 6 sets of wireless TV transmission services in Shanghai, covering 80 kilometers.
The transmitting antenna mast length of Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower is110m. It has the ability to transmit 9 TV sets and 10 FM radio programs, covering all areas within a radius of 80 kilometers in Shanghai and its surrounding provinces. After the completion, the quality of listening and watching has been greatly improved.
The Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower is the first key project after Pudong's development and opening up. After its completion, it received 295 foreign heads of state in 10, and held nearly 100 world-class important conferences and more than 300 large-scale activities, which became an important window for Shanghai's external publicity.
In addition, the Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower has also created good tourism economic benefits. By 2005, the Oriental Pearl Radio and Television Tower had received 28.7 million tourists and earned 2.236 billion yuan.
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Oriental Pearl Radio and TV Tower-Baidu Encyclopedia