300,000- the approximate number of homeless people that shelters in Shanghai have offered assistance to over the past 10 years.

5.7 million- the number of people who attended the 15,000 live theater performances held in Shanghai last year, according to Shanghai Municipal Administration of Culture, Radio, Film and TV.

3 million- the approximate number of students that Chongming Bashi Company has escorted to and from eight primary schools in Chongming county over the past 10 years.

Two- the number of illegal slaughter spots of pigs that were discovered by Shanghai police in the past month.

7.06 million square meters- the total area of residential property sold in Shanghai between January and May this year, up 26.8 percent from last year.

500- the number of lotuses of 200 species that will be displayed at Shanghai Botanical Garden in July.