Government News
Cherry blossoms to bloom in new project - February 22, 2017
CONSTRUCTION has started on a 3-kilometer Cherry Blossom Boulevard along the Middle Ring Road in Xuhui District, the district government said yesterday. The boulevard will have 300,000 square meters
‘Love’ films boost cross-Strait ties - February 22, 2017
A SHORT film competition kicked off yesterday to promote ties between young people on the mainland and in Taiwan and to cultivate talent in film production and cultural innovation. The competition is
Six parks coming up in Linkong area - February 21, 2017
CHANGNING District will have six parks in Linkong area by the end of 2018. A skateboarding park, stretching 23,000 square meters, is being built along the Suzhou Creek and will stage extreme sports. A
Cold wave to hit city as temperature set to drop - February 21, 2017
TEMPERATURE in Shanghai will drop this week due’ to the influence of two cold fronts from the north, forecasters said yesterday. A strong cold front started affecting Shanghai yesterday morning, bringing
City favorite for wontons opens again - February 20, 2017
AN eatery known as one of the best 10 wonton places in Shanghai, run by an 82-year-old, reopened yesterday in Huangpu District after it was shut in 2015 for being unlicensed and disturbing neighbors. Menghuajie
Individuals, organizations honored for promoting reading - February 20, 2017
AROUND 200 individuals and organizations were honored today by the Shanghai Citizens Art Festival for their efforts to promote reading among the public. Classic books about traditional Chinese culture
Festival photos, poems and riddles as city’s children go back to school - February 17, 2017
LOCAL students — all 1.37 million of them — went back to school yesterday. Many schools arranged traditional cultural activities for the new semester to mark the end of the Chinese New Year celebration
It’s time for rain and it’s due to fall - February 17, 2017
THIS year’s yushui — literally rain water — falls tomorrow. Traditionally, yushui indicates the beginning of the rainy season — and rainy days around the second solar term are expected for this year’s
New villages planned to help farmers thrive - February 16, 2017
THE city wants more villages to help farmers and to boost tourism. Shanghai is to reconstruct villages covering 750,000 households of local farmers and set up 100 model villages. Infrastructure will
Early cherry blossom - February 16, 2017
NOW is the time to relish the cherry blossom in the city’s parks. The first wave of cherry blossom has flowered at Shanghai Botanical Garden — the earliest for nearly 20 years. “The warm mild temperature
