Nanjing Great Hall of the People

32°02′45″N 118°47′16″E / 32.04583°N 118.78778°E / 32.04583; 118.78778

Nanjing Great Hall of the People
南京人民大会堂
General information
AddressNo. 264, Chang Jiang Road
Town or cityXuanwu, Nanjing, Jiangsu
CountryChina
Coordinates32°01′28″N 118°28′18″E / 32.0245°N 118.4716°E / 32.0245; 118.4716
Current tenantsJiangsu Provincial People's Congress
Completed1936

The Nanjing Great Hall of the People (Chinese: 南京人民大会堂; pinyin: Nánjing rénmín dàhuìtáng), which serves as the Jiangsu Provincial People's Congress and the National Theatre of Drama and Music and Art Gallery, was built in 1936, and is located at No. 264, Changjiang Road, Xuanwu District, Nanjing, Jiangsu Province, China. The gross floor area being 5,100 square meters, the 4 story hall was built up of reinforced concrete, facing south. Its original name was the National Great Hall (Chinese: 國民大會堂) and the hall was renamed in 1949.