Government News
Putuo cracking down on riverboat eyesore - March 30, 2017
PUTUO District government has begun demolishing unlicensed boats converted into floating houses for out-of-towners. Officials said yesterday that more than 60 boats, most of them too damaged to be able
Fair to spur high-tech trading - March 30, 2017
SHANGHAI will host the fifth China (Shanghai) International Technology Fair next month “to boost trading of advanced technologies and help commercialize research results,” the city government said yesterday. The
Ying Yong meets ex-Japanese PM Yasuo Fukuda - March 29, 2017
SHANGHAI Mayor Ying Yong received Yasuo Fukuda, chairman of the Bo’ao Forum for Asia and former prime minster of Japan, on Monday. He welcomed Fukuda’s participation in a Sino-Japanese youth calligraphy
UK-China promote schools link - March 29, 2017
BRITAIN’S Boarding Schools Admission Services and Shanghai Overseas Chinese Foundation have launched a cultural and educational exchange institution to promote exchanges in primary and secondary education. Aimed
City seniors can almost match Japanese on age - March 28, 2017
SHANGHAI officials stepped into an age-old topic yesterday. The city’s civil affairs authorities revealed the city had 13.5 centenarians per 100,000 permanent residents by the end of last year — 1,959
New terminal at Hongqiao makes flying less hassle - March 27, 2017
HONGQIAO International Airport check-in and security checks were faster at the newly renovated Building A terminal that opened yesterday. Passengers, however, are still advised to arrive early at the
Plans to expand senior card benefits - March 27, 2017
THE city is looking into expanding the use of senior cards — a type of bank debit card that is credited monthly — to give more preferential treatments to Shanghai’s senior citizens. Shanghai Civil Affairs
Standards released for sharing bikes - March 24, 2017
THE city government released two sets of standards on the booming bike sharing industry yesterday to hear what the public thinks. The proposals — one on the sector’s service and one on shared bikes’
Archives treat for contest entrants - March 24, 2017
SHANGHAI Library announced yesterday that 240,000 archive items — including precious manuscripts, private letters and telegrams, imperial edicts, letters to the throne, treaties, contracts and photographs
Ambitious plans for a healthy city - March 23, 2017
SHANGHAI is set to become a much healthier city. The city’s aim is that by 2030 four out of five days will have good or excellent air quality, following the introduction of Shanghai’s strictest environmental
