The Left Bank Bar Street in the Jixiang Area of Shenyang (沈阳吉祥左岸酒吧街) is now officially open for business. The 600-metre-long bar street is built alongside Shenyang’s city canal in the Jixiang Area, and it borders on Dadong Square and Fenglu ... Read More>>
On August 10th, taxis in Shenyang began adding a 1 RMB fuel surcharge per trip. The surcharge was implemented to counter the increasing costs of transportation in the city. See also: Shenyang to Set up More Road Signs within 3 Years Read More>>
According to a press release from Shenyang Shenhei New District’s government office, the district will open China’s largest lavender flower theme park on July 21st. The park which will cover over three square kilometers is planned to become an ... Read More>>
Shenyang Xinglong Dajiating Outlets, the first outlet mall in Liaoning Province, will open to the public at the end of this year. According to reports, the mall will be located at No. 5 Yingpan North Street Huinan New Zone (浑南新区营盘北街5号), adjacent to ... Read More>>
Shenyang Earthquake Mitigation Popular Science Hall (沈阳市防震减灾科普馆) was opened to the public on May 16th. It is the largest earthquake experience hall in Northeast China, in which visitors are able to experience the various kinds of situations that ... Read More>>
On April 20, Jackie Chan Yaolai International Cinema officially opened in Shenyang. It is the fourth cinema invested by Jackie Chan. The other three are located in Beijing, Guangzhou and Changzhou. Jackie Chan stressed that he that his cinemas will be ... Read More>>
According to the Shenyang Civil Administration Department, 600 standard roads signs will be set up at the city’s main arterial roads before the end of this year. Plans are also underway to ensure that all roads and streets in Shenyang’s urban ... Read More>>
A diamond-version of the Mona Lisa painting was recently displayed in Zhongxing shopping center in Shenyang and has attracted a great deal of public attention. It took the owner 30 years to collect 100,000 karats of colourful, rough, precious stones and ... Read More>>
According to reports, direct flights from Shenyang to Jeju in Korea, are scheduled to open this March. This will hopefully open new passageways for tourists from northeastern China wishing to visit Korea. Read More>>
On Feb 3rd at 00:30 a.m. a five-star hotle in Shenyang called Shenyang Royal Wanxin Hotel caught fire. Now the fire has been controlled and no casualties reported yet. Report says that the fire was caused by fireworks when people were celebrating the Spring ... Read More>>
According to news from the Ministry of Transport of Lianing province on January 19, construction on the Beijing to Shenyang high-speed rail is expected to start in 2011 and to be completed by 2015. After the Beijing to Shenyang high-speed rail is built, the ... Read More>>
Shenyang Fangte Happy World, located in the Shenbei New District, is set to open in August 2011 as planned. The main portion of the Shenyang Fangte Happy World has already been completed while the internal and external decorations are still undergoing ... Read More>>
Informational notices have been distributed in many Chinese cities to deter what has come to be seen as a problem: beggars forcefully haranguing pedestrians or motorists for money. To that effect, Shenyang has issued a new law: the most forceful begging ... Read More>>
The Wu’ai Market in Shenyang has recently been honoured the title of National AAAA Scenic Area by China National Tourism Administration, and has been enlisted in the route of the “One-Day Trip in Shenyang.” It is reported that the ... Read More>>
On October 26th, Shenyang’s heating system was turned on for a trial run and will stay on until October 31st. However, public heating will officially be switched on in the entire city on November 1st. Read More>>
Shenyang metro Line 1 will open for a trial operation in early October. Metro Line 1 (Qingnian Avenue station to Shenyang Railway station) began transporting passengers for the first time on September 16th. Construction for Shenyang metro Line 1 broken ... Read More>>
Around 15:00 on August 28th, a fire broke out at the Property Sales Center in Wanda Plaza in Shenyang’s Tiexi District. The incident left nine dead and nine injured. The victims were mostly young saleswomen. The Tiexi District Wanda Plaza had opened ... Read More>>
A Wanda Cineplex has opened for business at Tiexi Wanda Plaza since August 20th. This marks the end of the period when there were no decent cinemas in the district. Read More>>
According to a recently released bulletin regarding the management of electric bikes on roads, Shenyang officials have specified that 12 roads around town are off limits to electric scooters: Qingnian Avenue, Beiling Avenue, Beijing Street, Zhonghua Rd, ... Read More>>
By the end of June, the Shenyang city police department has plans to add 100,000 surveillance cameras around the city. The cameras will be installed according to the differing needs of police precincts in the city, in keeping with street surveillance. For ... Read More>>
On May 20th, Ikea opened its first franchise store in the busy commercial area known as the Western Cross Golden Gallery in the Shenyang Mall in the Tiexi District. With the opening of the Shenyang store, Ikea, one of the top 500 enterprises in the world, ... Read More>>
Construction on the Shenyang-Dandong passenger line, Dandong-Dalian railway line and Qingdao-Rongcheng railway line began on March 17th. At the same time, construction of 10 other railway lines has also begun. These include: Haitian-Qingdao, Linyi-Linshu ... Read More>>
On March 6, a dating party with the theme of “meeting love” attracted over ten thousand singles of varying ages and backgrounds hoping to find love. Read More>>
The laying of the railway track on the section from Shenyang Station to Nanjingjie Station on Shenyang subway line 1 has finished. Subway line 1 is the first subway in Shenyang, running from the Shisanhaojie Station in Shenyang Economic Technology ... Read More>>