6 yuan

- the minimum fee for courier services offered by the Shanghai Post Company. Local residents can book this service through the company's WeChat account and at more than 500 post offices and newspaper kiosks around the city.

240,000

- the number of travelers who are expected to depart from the Shanghai Intercity Bus Terminal and Shanghai South Long-distance Bus Station during this year's Mid-Autumn Festival between September 6 and 8. The most popular destinations are likely to be Ningbo, Hangzhou and Putuo Mountain in Zhejiang Province and Huangshan Mountain in Anhui Province.

20,000

- the number of discounted tickets that will be available for the 45 performances scheduled during the 16th China Shanghai International Arts Festival (slated to run from October 17 to November 16), an increase of 2,000 tickets from last year.

40

- the number of portable mobile phone chargers that were recently tested by the Shanghai Consumer Rights Protection Committee. None of these chargers lived up to the energy capacity claims made by their producers. The items were bought by the committee from seven online shopping websites and priced between 59 yuan ($9.60) to 359 yuan.