At approximately 8:00 AM yesterday morning in the Jiangning district of Nanjing, a conflict erupted in front a building in which several dozen workmen clashed with “fully-armed” security personnel associated with a building developer wearing ... Read More>>
November 9th, the Nanjing municipal government held a news conference to announce starting at 10:00 on the 12th the Sun Yat-sen Mausoleum will be open free of charge. It will be open free daily from 8:30 to 17:00. However entry into some other parts ... Read More>>
October 29th, Xuanwu Lake is launching another scenic tourism and leisure project, currently beginning trial operations, dubbed "Xuanwu Lake Night Tour". According to reports, going through a large portion of Xuanwu Lake visitors can see along the ... Read More>>
According to news from the World Trade Center (WTC) economic summit held in Nanjing, a 318 meter high the World Trade Center will be built in Nanjing. With a total investment of 5 billion RMB, the contruction of "Nanjing World Trade Center" ... Read More>>
Nanjing Taiwan Trade Mart, the first mall in China with endless shelves of imported goods from Taiwan, opened for business on September 16th. This 40.47 hectare (100 acre) mall area is located on the north side of Hexi Avenue, between Olympic Sports Center ... Read More>>
On August 23rd, according to the Voice of China radio broadcast, several hospitals in Nanjing treated approximately ten people each for symptoms related to eating crayfish in the past week. The patients all complained of muscle aches, and were diagnosed ... Read More>>
Nanjing Metro officials plan to have 12,000 free bikes deployed to service Metro Line 2 and its south extension line stations by September 3rd. Passengers will be able to use them free of charge. The first batch of 280 bikes will be stationed at the Xueze ... Read More>>
Explosion at a Chemical Plant in Nanjing Injures Several Hundred. At 10:15 on July 28th, there was a large explosion at the Nanjing No. 4 Plastic Manufacturing Plant (located at Maigao Bridge in Xixia district of Nanjing city). As of 14:30 the same day, it ... Read More>>
The Shanghai-Nanjing High Speed Rail opened officially July 1st; ticket sales began June 25th. Tickets for the newly opened high speed rail are valid for 24 hours on the same day, so passengers can reschedule their tickets, for the same day, if they miss ... Read More>>
Ticket fares and train schedules for the newly opened Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Railway have been announced. Tickets for the entire trip along the newly opened intercity railway are going up to 233 RMB. Suzhou to Nanjing first-class train tickets are 168 ... Read More>>
Tickets and train schedules for the operation of Shanghai – Nanjing High Speed Railway have been determined and confirmed; 120 sets of trains will be in operation and tickets will start sale at 8:00 in the morning of June 25th. As the new intercity ... Read More>>
The first high-speed (trains speeds up to 300 km/hr) intercity railway in the Yangtze Delta Region – the Shanghai to Nanjing Intercity Railway – completed tests and adjustments last month. Trial operations begin this month so as to ensure the ... Read More>>
At around 15:00, June 1st, passengers aboard a Metro Line 2 train traveling from the Youfang Bridge Station were surprised and shocked when a woman dressed in red suddenly stood up from her seat and started doing a pole dancing routine in the car. The woman ... Read More>>
A new Chaotiangong Antiques shop will open for business soon in Nanjing. The new venue is located on No. 79 Pin Street, only 500 meters away from the Chaotian Palace. At the moment, the store is still undergoing renovation, but it is scheduled to open for ... Read More>>
Nanjing Metro will have three new transit lines in operation starting May 28th; they are metro Line 2 (phase 1), Line 2 (east extension line) and Line 1 (south extension line). Ticket prices will basically remain the same, but passengers will be able to ... Read More>>
Anyone caught wearing high heels of more than 4 cm while behind the wheel in Nanjing may soon be handed an on-the-spot fine of 50 RMB. According to reports, the new stipulation is included in a bill handed to the 13th CPC Suzhou Provincial Standing ... Read More>>
During the World Expo, ticket holders can opt to visit the Confucius Temple in Nanjing for half the usual price. Starting May 1st, Metro Line 2 will open to traffic in Nanjing. The Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Railway will also start full operations on July ... Read More>>
The Shanghai-Nanjing Intercity Railway started trial operations on April 8th. An electric train used to test the newly built transit line was tested up to a speed of 160 km/hr. The trials will continue into June and the train speed will be increased ... Read More>>
Metro Line 2 in Nanjing is scheduled to start operations by May 28th and will intersect with metro Line 1 at Xinjiekou station and Yuantong station. By then, making interchanges between transit lines will be very convenient at the two stations, as ... Read More>>
China North Pole Pavilion Meteorological Museum opened at China's ancient observatory site – the North Pole Pavilion, in Nanjing on the morning of March 28th. The China North Pole Pavilion Meteorological Museum is the first one to exhibit the history ... Read More>>
There are currently eight buses from the Nanjing Central Gate (中央门) station to Shanghai every day from 8:00 to 16:00. The price is 68 per person. Passengers can buy tickets from outlets at passenger stations, post offices and banks in Nanjing. The ... Read More>>
Starting from March 11th, Ningbo-Taizhou-Wenzhou Railway (Yongtai-Wen Railway) is to start operations of high-speed trains from Wenzhou South Railway Station to Nanjing, train number D5590/D5589. The trains make several stops along the trip at Nanjing, ... Read More>>
Shanghai – Nanjing Intercity Railway is due to open to traffic on July 1st. To make live up to the promises about shortening travel time between the two cities to under an hour, officials have collaborated with engineers and builders to bring the ... Read More>>
As planed Nanjing subway Line 2 and the south and east extension lines of subway line 1 will be open to use on from May 28th onwards. Read More>>