Dishui Lake

Dishui Lake (literally 'Water Drop Lake') is the centerpiece of Lingang New City, the planned innovation/manufacturing district at Shanghai's southeastern tip near Pudong Airport. The lake is precisely circular — 2.6 km in diameter, 5.5 km² in area, the largest artificial lake near the East China coast. There's a wide promenade for walking and biking, kite-flying space, sailing in summer, and the lake faces the Yangtze estuary so air quality is noticeably cleaner. It is most often paired with the Shanghai Astronomy Museum (10 min away on the same lake's south shore) for a 'far Pudong' day trip. Metro Line 16 → PG Tang Bus, or 70-minute taxi from downtown.