上海展览馆中央大厅,是五十年代建造的上海中苏友好大厦中的一个十分雄伟的薄壳拱形厅,长84米,宽45米,顶高18米,面积和体积都比较庞大。但由于回声、聚焦等严重的声学缺陷,长期来只限于大型设备的展览。为充分发挥大厅的作用,1983年由上海市政府决定改建为会堂、宴会和展览兼用 The central hall of the Shanghai Exhibition Hall is a very majestic thin-shell arched room in the Shanghai Sino-Soviet Friendship Building built in the 1950s. It is 84 meters long, 45 meters wide and 18 meters high. It has a large area and volume. However, due to severe acoustic defects such as echo and focus, it has only been limited to the exhibition of large-scale equipment. In order to give full play to the role of the hall, it was decided by the Shanghai municipal government in 1983 to convert it into a hall, banquet, and exhibition.