The Bund Tunnel, Shanghai, China

There were previously frequent ferry services operating from wharves on and near the Bund. Some these have been discontinued in the last decade, although pleasure cruises continue to operate from these wharves.
The Bund (simplified Chinese: 外滩; traditional Chinese: 外灘; pinyin: Wàitān) is an area Huangpu District in central Shanghai, People's Republic China. The area centres on a section Zhongshan Road (East-1 Zhongshan Road) within the former Shanghai International Settlement, which runs along the western bank the Huangpu River, facing Pudong, in the eastern part Huangpu District. The Bund usually refers to the buildings and wharves on this section the road, as well as some adjacent areas. The Bund is one the most famous tourist destinations in Shanghai. Building heights are restricted in this area.
The word "bund" means an embankment or an embanked quay, and comes from the Urdu word band, meaning an embankment, levee or dam (a cognate English terms "bind," "bond" and "band," the German term "bund," etc.). "Bund" is articulated to rhyme with "fund". The term was brought to Shanghai by the family Victor Sassoon, a Baghdadi-Nepali Jew. There are many "bands" to be found in Baghdad, even today. There are numerous sites in India, China, and Japan which are called "bunds" (e.g. the Yokohama Bund). However, "The Bund" as a proper noun almost invariably refers to this stretch embanked riverfront in Shanghai.