Local museums proved more popular with locals and tourists in 2017, especially sites where the earliest Communist Party of China (CPC) congresses were held.

About 22 million visitors visited the city's 125 museums last year, a 3 percent increase on 2016, the Shanghai Cultural Heritage Administration said in its annual report. It noted that 80 percent of the city's museums are free of charge.

The site of the CPC's first National Congress received twice as many visitors as in 2016, especially following the 19th National Congress and a visit on October 31 by Xi Jinping and six other members of the Politburo Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee.