Grass-roots staff making efforts to enhance residents' basic knowledge of law
Due to the efforts made by people like Wu and Jiang, residents in the Hongqiao subdistrict have more legal knowledge. More than 80,000 residents are living in this subdistrict, including 18,000 expats. The community has a solid foundation to serve as trial ground for legislative affairs.
City has 31 bookstores on university campuses
Different from ordinary brick-and-mortar bookstore or chain brands, campus bookstores (usually with a university press as its major operator) have more academic goals in terms of selecting books, market position ...
China international arts festival concludes
More than 10,000 artists from 63 overseas countries and regions and 22 domestic provinces, municipalities and autonomous regions presented their fabulous performances to over 5 million people. Notably, the capacity ...
Was Nicki Minaj scammed by a Shanghai music festival?
In essence, the concert promoters are leveraging the band's name to sell tickets in advance in order to pay the performer in advance, which is often the only way to ...
The great outdoors
As cold weather arrives in the city with rain and wind, the occasional sunny day attracts droves of local residents to get outside for some fresh air and exercise.
Making light of the holidays
A lighting ceremony featuring a distinctive Christmas tree and other artistic lighting installations was held in Xintiandi on Wednesday evening to welcome Christmas and the approaching New Year.
City attracts thousands of foreign-funded projects since reform
According to statistics released by the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Commerce, the top 100 foreign-funded companies in Shanghai had total revenues of nearly 2.94 trillion yuan ($423.5 billion) in 2017, ...
New Yorkers explore Chinese cuisine during Shanghainese food festival
Nestled between the Yangtze River and the Pacific Ocean, Shanghai's defining character of openness, creativity and tolerance has helped cultivate its spectacular culinary culture.
Rain rain go away
According to Shanghai's meteorological authorities, a cold front will hit the city soon.
Chinese white-collar workers should pay attention to health
A healthy lifestyle isn't built overnight, but it doesn't collapse overnight either.
Cargo ship capsizes, two mariners rescued
A passenger ship from Wusong of Baoshan district heading to Hengsha of Chongming district spotted the mariners just 10 minutes after setting out.
Hema Fresh CEO apologizes for label cheat
Hou Yi, CEO of Hema Fresh, an online-to-offline Chinese retail supermarket under Alibaba Group, posted an apology letter on its Sina Weibo account, Knews reported Wednesday, saying the general manager ...
Mister Robot
As the holiday season approaches, large Christmas trees decorated with festive lights are showing up at commercial areas around the city.
Foreigners in Shanghai share their television viewing habits
November 21 is also World Television Day, but do people still watch TV in this digital day and age?
Shanghai basks in radiant glory of seasonal chrysanthemum festivals
Almost all flowers wither in late autumn. All, that is, except for one species of flower, the chrysanthemum, which is currently in full seasonal bloom across Shanghai.
China decline claim groundless, male chauvinism criticized
The ability to make money is a valuable characteristic and very important in any society, not only China. The ability to earn also proves a person's intelligence, which can possibly ...
Highly educated groups lead in online learning
Fifty percent prefer to learn professional skills, such as computer science, language learning, economy and finance and business and management.
Shanghai launches new laws protecting buildings
The draft regulation highlights that the possessors and users of excellent historical buildings should use, maintain and repair their own buildings in accordance with regulations and be responsible for these ...
Industrial nation
The exhibition collected over 1,300 important documents, precious photos, articles and models to showcase the development of Chinese industries since 1931. It will run until November 29.