Government News
Yang Xiong meets Italian ambassador to China - February 23, 2016
SHANGHAI Mayor Yang Xiong met Italian Ambassador to China Ettore Sequi and his delegation on February 19. Yang said Shanghai has close ties and cooperation with Italy in many areas.
City home buyers get a tax boost - February 22, 2016
CHINA will cut deed and business taxes for home purchases in most cities in an attempt to shore up the country's sagging property market, according to an official announcement yesterday.
Yuyuan Garden attracts 300,000 festival visitors - February 22, 2016
MORE than 300,000 people descended on Yuyuan Garden over the weekend in the run-up to today's Lantern Festival. As of 9pm last night, 146,404 had entered the attraction, and the number of visitors on Saturday surpassed 163,000.
Shanghai aims to be alluring as magnet for RHQs - February 19, 2016
City teachers get top marks in global survey - February 19, 2016
SHANGHAI middle school teachers are better educated and trained than their counterparts in other countries, according to a survey undertaken by the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD).
Record turnovers reported at Pudong airport during post-holiday peak - February 18, 2016
SHANGHAI Pudong International Airport saw a record high number of entry & exit passengers between February 13 and February 15 with about 367,000 people entering or leaving the country in those three days of the Spring Festival holiday, airport entry-exit frontier inspection station said.
Park the plum spot for viewing blooms - February 18, 2016
THE Shanghai Plum Blossom Festival gets under way today at Haiwan Forest Park in suburban Fengxian District, its organizers said yesterday. The annual event — the third since its launch in 2014 — will feature about 40,000 plum trees in 126 varieties.
Warmer weather expected to continue into weekend - February 17, 2016
THE city is likely to keep warming up this week with a high of over 10 degrees Celsius continuing into the weekend, forecasters said. However, on Sunday Shanghai will be hit by a cold front and temperatures will drop below 10 degrees.
City residents get discount concert tickets - February 17, 2016
THE government wants you to go to a concert. To encourage residents to embrace high culture, city officials are making 900 tickets for five performances at Shanghai Concert Hall available to residents at a discount price.
Let the festivities begin! - February 16, 2016
People admire a dragon-themed exhibit during the lantern show at the Shanghai Expo Park yesterday. The event, running until March 13, is being held to celebrate the Chinese Lantern Festival, which is on February 22 this year.
