Shanghai Zoo, Zoo in Chengjiaqiao, Shanghai, China

Shanghai Zoo occupies the grounds of the former Hung-Jao Golf Club at 2381 Hongqiao Road in Changning District, and the old fairway layout is still largely intact. Its 743,000 square metres hold over 100,000 trees of some 600 species, a 100,000-square-metre lawn and a large Swan Lake planted with reeds. Animal buildings cover 47,237 square metres, and the ticket office by the entrance has ten numbered service windows under a wooden canopy.

The site began as livery stables in 1890. In 1914 a group of British merchants bought the stables, and in 1916 it became the Hung-Jao Golf Club. The new government took over the property in 1953, and in 1954 it opened to the public as Xijiao Park. Animal enclosures were added in 1959, and the park was renamed Shanghai Zoological Park in 1980.

Locals still call the zoo Xijiao Park, after the Western Suburbs Park name it held from 1954. The zoo's emblematic species include giant pandas, golden snub-nosed monkeys, South China tigers and red-crowned cranes, alongside chimpanzees, giraffes, kangaroos and penguins from other continents. In 2017 researchers named a beetle new to science Xijiao Park horned ant beetle after the zoo, where it was found.

The zoo offers dining facilities, gift shops, and entertainment options like a carousel for visitors. The best times to visit are early mornings or late afternoons when the grounds are less crowded.

In 2017 researchers identified a beetle previously unknown to science living in the zoo; it was formally named Xijiao Park horned ant-like beetle (西郊公园毛角蚁甲) after the park's old name, and the paper appeared in the journal Zootaxa that March.