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.
Smart upgrades for city's many vegetable markets
Wet markets of Shanghai have experienced great changes since 2005, from outdoor to indoor and from messy to clean.
Youthful communication
Young foreigners from different countries and regions participate in an activity held in Shanghai over the weekend to celebrate the establishment of Shanghai International Youth Exchange Center. The center serves ...
Chinese relatives can be troublesome and gossipy
There are at least two “types” of annoying Chinese relatives. The first type are those who ask you for help anytime and anywhere as a matter of course. From borrowing ...
Forum for co-development between China and the US held in Shanghai
In Allison's view, China is a rising and risen power and the impact of it is that as China realizes its own dream to “make China great again,” it is ...
Returned talents exceed 300k in Yangtze delta
The total number of overseas returned talents in Shanghai, Hangzhou, Nanjing, and Hefei, exceeded 300,000, according to a job fair organized by Shanghai Overseas Returned Scholars Association, Xinmin Evening News ...
Districts will have winter sports centers by 2022
Shanghai recently launched the project to bring winter sports to local campuses, aiming to popularize basic knowledge of the Olympic winter games and competitions through physical education classes, sports activities ...
March of the lunar pigs
A vendor and her customer look for New Year decorations at a small commodities market near Yuyuan Garden of Shanghai on Saturday. With the Chinese Lunar Year of the Pig ...
Senior citizens still have lots to contribute to our society
It's important to remember and admit that the elderly are talented resources who are in fact far more capable than those of us in our 20s, 30s and 40s, simply ...
Two-day Comicup exhibition brings erciyuan culture to Shanghai
Shanghai is famous for its openness and diversity. While two-dimension, or erciyuan, subculture, is less accepted in China's smaller cities and rural areas, it is highly welcomed among Shanghai citizens, ...
British Council announces 2018 teaching awards
The award welcomed applications from nonnative English teachers of Chinese nationality. Short videos illustrating their teaching methods in the classroom were submitted. An expert panel organized by the council selected ...
Photo exhibit showcases region's folk culture
Nearly 200 black and white photos with a theme of Shanghai and Jiangnan (the region south of the Yangtze River) culture were put on display at Shanghai Changning Folk Culture ...
Vocational student employment 99 percent
According to new statistics released by the local authority, the employment rate of students in 75 vocational schools reached 98.75 percent in 2018, 0.38 percent more than that of 2017, ...
All said, Shanghai is pretty great for raising children
A new survey of 3,600 children between the ages of eight and 18 attending local schools in Shanghai was recently released, Shanghai Observer reported, revealing their satisfaction levels toward the ...
Judgment day
Yang Gannian (left) and his wife stand outside Shanghai High People's Court on Thursday after the trial was over.
As winter falls, ski parks across the city are opening
The first snowfall of the season arrived in Shanghai last weekend, and while the snow quickly melted once it touched the ground, it left many local citizens who traditionally have ...
Changning district to develop economic demonstration zone
Changning district recently unveiled its plan to develop the Hongqiao Linkong Economic Demonstration Zone into an international aviation hub, a base for the headquarters of global aviation enterprises, a cluster ...
Man hit by falling cat looks for its owner
The accident happened Monday evening while the man, surnamed Liu, was taking a stroll in his community. “I was hit by a cat falling from sky. It struggled a while ...
Reservations for HPV vaccines scheduled
A 9-valent HPV vaccines manufacturer said that they are trying to increase supply, as demand is increasing globally. Moreover, the production process is complicated and usually takes over three months.