The snack shops on Wujiang Road in Jing'an district will be shut by the end of the year and replaced by skyscrapers.

The famous snack street, between Shimen Road in the west and Qinghai Road in the east, is part of a relocation program for the Da Zhong Li area, where HKR International Ltd and Swire Properties Ltd will join to build two high-rise commercial buildings and three hotels.

The area will become a new commercial center, according to the Jing'an district plan.

The Xiaoyang Fried Dumpling Shop and the Hongbaoshi Cake Shop in Wujiang Road have opened new shops in the west section of the street but most of the snack shops have not found suitable or affordable locations nearby.

(Shanghai Daily February 18, 2009)