The big city of Nanking is also in the path of the hurricane.
The metropolis of Shanghai, with a population of 25 million, is currently preparing for the arrival of a tropical storm, a typhoon.
Typhoon Bebinca is estimated to hit the city directly in the morning local time.
Shanghai authorities have shut down public transport, called cruise ships to ports and restricted air traffic. The city is currently celebrating the mid-autumn festival, when many people are out and about.
Bebinca is a Category 1, or lowest category, typhoon and is forecast to weaken to a tropical storm shortly after moving over the continent. Its biggest threat factor will be the huge rain.
Nanjing, with a population of nine million, also appears to be in the path of the storm, it appears of the Wunderground website from the map.
Sources: Reuters, AFP