Nanjing Road is a road in Shanghai, the eastern part of which is the main shopping district of Shanghai. It is one of the world’s busiest shopping streets, along with Fifth Avenue, Oxford Street, Orchard Road, Takeshita Street, and the Champs-Élysées.

The street is named after the city of Nanjing, the capital of Jiangsu province neighboring Shanghai, and the former national capital of the Republic of China. Today’s Nanjing Road comprises two sections, Nanjing Road East and Nanjing Road West.

Nanjing Road is located in the city center, running in a west–east direction. Its eastern section is in Huangpu District and extends from The Bund west to People’s Square. The western section begins at People’s Square and continues westward towards Jing’an District.

In some contexts, “Nanjing Road” refers only to what was pre-1945 Nanjing Road, today’s Nanjing Road East, which is largely pedestrianized. Before the adoption of pinyin romanization in the 1950s, its name was rendered as Nanking Road in English. The former Nanking Road lay entirely within the Shanghai International Settlement. Today’s Nanjing Road West was formerly Bubbling Well Road, an extra-settlement road built by concession authorities outside the concession proper. The two roads met on the northern edge of the Shanghai Race Club.

In December, Starbucks opened a 2,800 m2 Starbucks Reserve Roastery at HKRI Taikoo Hui on Nanjing Road West, the largest Starbucks branch in the world. It features its own roasting facility and Shanghai-specific offerings including nitro draft lattes and alcoholic drinks.

According to Wikipedia