東方明珠塔位於上海浦東，1991年7月30日動工，1994年10月1日建成。塔高468米，與外灘的“萬國建築博覽群”隔江相望，建設完成時，列亞洲第一，世界第三高塔。
設計者富於幻想地將11個大小不一、高低錯落的球體從蔚藍的天空中串聯至如茵的綠色草地上，而兩顆紅寶石般晶瑩奪目的巨大球體被高高托起，整個建築渾然一體，創造了“大珠小珠落玉盤”的意境。
東方明珠塔由三根直徑為9米的立柱、塔座、下球體、上球體、太空艙等組成。
上海國際新聞中心坐落於巍然屹立的東方明珠塔下，是集新聞發布、觀光、會展、餐飲等功能於一體的綜合性新聞中心。1100平方米的新聞發布廳配置有最先進的同傳、背投、音響與燈光等會務設施，可容納800人規模的新聞發布會或國際會議。
東方明珠遊船碼頭位於黃浦江畔，占地面積2200餘平方米，乘坐東方明珠浦江遊覽船沿江暢遊，即可盡情領略百業興旺、百舸爭流的都市情懷。
東方明珠塔每年接待來自於五洲四海中外賓客280多萬人次，是集觀光、餐飲、購物、娛樂、遊船、會展、歷史陳列、廣播電視發射等多功能於一體的綜合性旅遊文化景點。東方明珠塔業已成為上海的標誌性建築，榮列上海十大新景觀之一。作為全國旅遊熱點之一，東方明珠塔又以其優質服務，在2001年初被國家旅遊局評為全國首批AAAA級旅遊景點。
Shanghai Oriental Pearl TV Tower was completed on Oct. 1, 1994. It is 468 m high, being the highest in Asia and the third highest in the world, only next the TV towers in Toronto in Canada and Moscow in Russia. It stands opposite to the bund on the west bank.. The architectural modeling of the tower is unique, expressing the flavor of oriental culture. The structure of the tower consists of 11 spheres, different in sizes and arranged at different levels, hanging from the sky down to the green lawns. It expresses the artistic concept of “pearls, big and small, dropping on a jade plate”. The body of the tower is formed of two huge glittering spheres and one small delicate sphere; the sightseeing level in the upper sphere is 45 m in circumference, 263 m high, offering a bird’s-eye view of the city. In the upper sphere at the 267-m level, there is a revolving restaurant, with one revolution every hour, a disco ball, a piano accompanied bar and at the 271-m level there are 20 KTV private rooms. The space cabin is at a level of 350 m, containing a sightseeing terrace, a meeting hall and a coffee room. Hotel in the Air is in the five smaller sphere with 20 guest rooms. The lower sphere contains a space city. There is a science fiction city inside the tower pedestal. The Oriental Pearl TV Tower combines sightseeing, catering, shopping, recreation, accommodation, broadcasting and TV transmission into one body. It has become a symbolic architecture and a favorable spot for tourists in Shanghai.
