Government News
Metro Line 17 trial run to start soon - December 21, 2017
Tests on the city’s Metro Line 17 have been completed and trial operation of the new subway line will begin before the end of the year, according to the local Metro operator. Line 17 starts from Shanghai
Shanghai mayor meets Nobel Prize laureate Samuel Chao Chung Ting - December 20, 2017
Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong met Samuel Chao Chung Ting, a Chinese-American Nobel Prize laureate for physics and other famous scholars at Fudan University Innovation Forum and a Fudan-Zhongzhi Science Award
New beetle species gets a local name ... by vote - December 21, 2017
A new species of beetle which was spotted at Binjiang Forest Park in the Pudong New Area has a name — Eustra shanghaiensis — as voted by the public, researchers who found the insect announced on Tuesday. "The
Shanghai mayor meets his Israeli counterpart from Haifa - December 19, 2017
Shanghai Mayor Ying Yong met a visiting delegation led by Yona Yahav, mayor of Haifa in Israel, last Saturday. Ying said Shanghai and Haifa established twin city ties in 1993, and the cooperation between
Branch of children's library to be built in Putuo - December 18, 2017
A new branch of the Shanghai Children's Library will be built in the western downtown area, the city government announced over the weekend. It will be located inside a new urban park on Daduhe Road in
Century-old cinema to become music incubator - December 18, 2017
The almost century-old Huxi Cinema in downtown Shanghai has been closed for several months now, undergoing a redevelopment that will see it emerge as a new theater and studio dedicated to the music industry.
Shanghai to boost cultural and creative industries - December 15, 2017
The city government on Thursday announced a raft of measures to boost Shanghai's cultural and creative industries, with the aim of increasing their share in the local economy and give the city another
Parks, tourist spots to have new toilets - December 14, 2017
Tourism authorities will put up 100 new public toilets, mostly at tourist spots, suburban parks and along the 45-kilometer stretch by the Huangpu River. Xu Weiwan, director of the Shanghai Tourism Administration,
Leading local medical specialists honored - December 14, 2017
A total of 50 leading medical specialists in Shanghai were honored for their achievements and dedication to the healthcare industry yesterday as the Shanghai Medical Association celebrated its 100th anniversary.
World's largest automated container terminal opens in Shanghai - December 12, 2017
Phase IV of Shanghai Yangshan Deep Water Port, the world's biggest automated container terminal, started trial operations on Sunday. Located at the south of Donghai Bridge, phase IV of the Yangshan Port
