On March 15, 1935, Dong Zhujun opened Jinjiang Sichuan Restaurant on Huage Road (now Ninghai West Road) and the Jinjiang Tea House on Hualong Road (now Yandang Road) the next year, famous for its female waitresses. In 1951, the Shanghai Municipal People's Government arranged for Jinjiang Sichuan Restaurant and Jinjiang Tea House to move into the former Cathay Mansions and be renamed Jinjiang Hotel and operate as a state guesthouse for entertaining senior cadres and foreign guests. Since then, it has received more than 400 heads of state and government leaders . When Nixon visited China in 1972, the US delegation stayed at the Jinjiang Hotel. The Shanghai Communiqué, which marked the normalization of relations between China and the United States, was also signed and issued in the small auditorium of the Jinjiang Hotel built in 1957 The Jinjiang Hotel comprises two historic buildings, originally high-end properties developed by
Victor Sassoon. • Cathay Mansions (Huamao Apartments), no. 175 Changle Road, is a 13-story Tudor style apartment/hotel building built in 1929, designed by
Palmer & Turner. It was one of the first skyscrapers in Shanghai. • The Grosvenor House (Junling Jilu) was completed in 1934, designed by
Palmer & Turner in bold Art Deco style, and with 18 stories was the tallest in Shanghai. It included accommodation for British officials. In 1956 it was renamed Maoming Apartment. There is a lower three-storey annex along Maoming South Road. ==Awards and recognition==