Shanghai University of Finance and Economics station
unopened Shanghai Metro station
Shanghai University of Finance and Economics (simplified Chinese: 上海财经大学; traditional Chinese: 上海財經大學; pinyin: Shànghǎi Cáijīng Dàxué), formerly named Zhengli Road (Chinese: 政立路; pinyin: Zhènglì Lù), is a metro station as part of Line 18 of the Shanghai Metro. Located at the intersection of Zhengli Road and Wuchuan Road in Yangpu District, Shanghai, the station opened with the rest of phase one of Line 18 on December 30, 2021. It is located near the main campus of the Shanghai University of Finance and Economics. During the planning stage of Line 18, the station was also known as Wuchuan Road (Chinese: 武川路).
It will also be a station on the proposed Shanghai Metro Line 20, as outlined in the five-year Shanghai urban rail transit plan by the National Development and Reform Commission in 2018.
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The subject matters to the places & architecture register because the source frames it as unopened Shanghai Metro station. Its deeper value depends on whether names, dates, institutions and citations support that framing.
Place names and jurisdictional language are key evidence: both can reveal earlier catalogue descriptions and overlooked record series. The source revision retrieved here is dated May 23, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q62005556. Authority coordinates are 31.310, 121.492. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 2021 and 2018.
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