This list of outstanding historic buildings of Shanghai (Chinese: 上海市优秀历史建筑; pinyin: shànghǎi shì yōuxiù lìshǐ jiànzhú) is a list encompassing 'Outstanding Historical Buildings' of Shanghai, China, nominated by the Shanghai Municipal People's Government starting from 1989.
In 1982, the Shanghai Municipal Bureau of Planning and Natural Resources submitted a draft list of 155 damaged buildings that needed protection to the State Council of the People's Republic of China.
In 1985, a plan was drafted, and in 1986, the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Construction recorded and recovered documents, including photos, of over 300 outstanding historic buildings.
On September 25, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government accepted the 59 buildings and listed them as 'Outstanding Near-Modern Historic Buildings', with an additional 2 added on July 14, 1993, making a total of 61 in the first batch.
[3] On March 19, 1993, a second batch of 175 buildings was submitted to the Shanghai Municipal People's Government and was approved on February 15, 1994, to become the second batch of 'Outstanding Near-Modern Historic Buildings'.