Xinhua Lu, Shanghai On Feb. 18th 2009, China's first Photography Shop authorized by the brand of Hello Kitty was open in Xinhua Road of Shanghai. Read More>>
Promoted by Shanghai Tourism Industry Association, 18 scenic spots in Shanghai will be open to visitors with half-price tickets on every Tuesday from February 24th to April 28th. The scenic spots in different types and with different themes are in the ... Read More>>
People who have lived for seven years cumulatively in Shanghai, China's leading economic hub, could have a chance to get permanent residence, under a regulation posted Monday on the municipal government website. Applicants for resident status should also ... Read More>>
A sightseeing bus connecting 17 scenic spots in Huangpu District including People's Square, Yuyuan Garden and the Bund will be put into operation in the fourth quarter of this year. The new route will start from the sightseeing bus center on Waima Road ... Read More>>
The Shanghai Moore Memorial Church in Huangpu District will be closed for renovations until September.Built in 1929, the church on Xizang Middle Road, has not had any major work done on it since the early 1980s. The building has suffered structural damage ... Read More>>
Half a million families across all the city's 18 districts and Chongming County will have access to an Internet service 50 to 100 times faster than current speeds this year. The technology, called 3TNET, has been tried out by 30,000 families in Changning ... Read More>>
The Kezhi garden is one of the classic gardens of Zhujiajiao, which despite being opened to the public since 1999 had been closed for repair for several years. The opening now is the first time tat the entire garden has been on display. The entire garden ... Read More>>
The branch line to Jinshan will begin being modified from May this year with it full operational by next year. This will be the first high speed suburban rail of its kind in China and make a journey from Shanghai South to Jinshan a mere 30 minutes. Read More>>
In order to cope with the pressure put on the rail system with people returning to Shanghai after the Spring Festival the Shanghai Railways will allow 'D' train tickets to go on sale up to 20 days in advance as of Feb 17th and at the same start running more ... Read More>>
This month (Feb 2009)'s quota for vehicle license plates has been set at 5,200, the same as last month's, the Shanghai International Commodity Auction Co Ltd announced. The auction will take place on February 21. Among the 5,200 plates, 14 are for ... Read More>>
Trans-Strait Direct Remittance starts on Feb. 16th 2009. The times and amounts of mail orders and online orders will be greatly increased between Mainland China and Taiwan. Read More>>
In March 2009, the first high speed passenger transportation Wuhan-Hefei railway will open to passengers. On the new train it will take 2 hours, 3 hours and 5 hours from Wuhan to Hefei, Nanjing, and Shanghai respectively. Read More>>
The Shanghai-Kunming High Speed Rail will start construction before the end of 2009 and be completed within 5 years. On the HSR it will take only 10 hours from Shanghai to Kunming - in instead of 40 hours; and only 4 hours from Shanghai to Changsha. Read More>>
Construction on the Shanghai-Hangzhou High Speed Rail is planned to start by the end of March and completed before the opening of the 2010 Shanghai Expo. After completion, the trip from Shanghai to Hangzhou will take only 38 minutes instead of more than 1 ... Read More>>
By end of July 2009, Songjiang Happy Valley will be open to visitors with eight featured performances of acrobatics, magic and more. The Shanghai Happy Valley will adopt the “one ticket” system – no ticket will be more than RMB 200. Read More>>
As of midnight Feb. 10th 2009, Shanghai Railway Station's temporary north passage was closed. The ticketing office of North Square was moved to opposite the long-distance bus terminal on 1618 Zhongxing Road with 4 ticketing windows selling tickets to all ... Read More>>
Most airlines are reducing flight routes due to the global downturn, especially international ones. However, two more flight routes will be open between China and America: a daily direct flight from Shanghai to Newark Liberty International Airport in New ... Read More>>
Huating Isetan closed at the end of 2008 but the venue will reopen as a high-end furniture center in September 2009. Read More>>
The Second Phase of Subway Line 9 is expected to open to traffic by the end of 2009, Xujiahui Stop will open to passengers at the same time. Ten stops will be added during the second phase of Line 9. Read More>>
The Shanghai Underground Transportation Guideline has opened in four underground Shanghai hubs - Zhongshan Park Stop, People’s Square Stop, Xujiahui Stop and Lujiazui Stop. Now passengers can login in the system platform for free inquiries of ... Read More>>
Expo 2010 started a global promotional video campaign around Chinese New Year. So far the promo videos have been shown in shops and office buildings in India, Australia, Indonesia, Guatemala, Viet Nam and China's Taiwan Region. Officials from the Bureau of ... Read More>>
Xintiandi, the popular eating and entertainment spot near Huaihai Road East, is to have a Metro station named after it on Line 10. The Shanghai Place-name Administration Office yesterday approved the names of all 31 Metro stations on the first phase of Line ... Read More>>
Sheshan in Shanghai will build Asia's largest rotating radio telescope at the caliber of 65 meters. Meanwhile, astronomical observatories from China, Japan and South Korea will increase cooperation to build the current radio telescope network to East Asia's ... Read More>>
Ever Shining Circuit (Da Guang Ming), which used to be honored as the largest cinema in the Far East was reopened after 1 year's refurbishment. On Jan. 20th, test operation of it began with the first movie of Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf. After Spring ... Read More>>