THE New Year’s Eve stampede on the Bund was a “bloody lesson” for Shanghai, Mayor Yang Xiong told city lawmakers yesterday.

The city must draw a lesson from the tragedy, he told a session of the city’s legislature, the Shanghai People’s Congress Standing Committee. “The lesson was extremely profound and extremely painful,” he said.

Thirty-six people were killed and dozens more were injured after tens of thousands of people gathered on the historic riverfront walk to usher in the New Year.