North China Daily News Building

The North China Daily News Building (simplified Chinese: 字林大楼; traditional Chinese: 字林大樓; pinyin: Zìlín Dàlóu) is a historical Neo-Renaissance-style office building on the Bund in Shanghai, China located at No.17, The Bund.

The North China Daily News was the first English-language newspaper to be published in Shanghai, in 1850.

The Japanese Empire confiscated the building during its occupation of Shanghai during the World War II.

During that time the building was home to the Tairiku Shimpō (大陸新報), a Japanese newspaper.

The North China Daily News Building is a reinforced concrete structure with Baroque towers, Neoclassical pillars, and Renaissance relief sculpture.

North China Daily News Building – The Bund – Shanghai (Elevation)
The North China Daily News Building is currently occupied by an American insurance company, AIA.
High resolution photograph of the building in 1994
North China Daily News Building