Month: April 2022

Shanghai will slowly restore its high, medium and low-risk area designations from next month as part of normalized COVID-19 prevention and control amid the declining number of daily infections. A local community, village or company will be rated as a high-risk area if at least 10...

The protracted lockdown in Shanghai has led to a redefinition of the term neighborhood. In big cities, the self-sufficiency and insulation of a modern apartment have reduced the neighborhood to nothing more than physical proximity. The unexpected epic lockdown put in place to stop the spread...

The BHC 2022 Online Show Season, which runs through June 25, will feature daily cloud performances of traditional Chinese opera and modern theater. More than 30 stage productions from 14 troupes will be broadcast on BHC’s Douyin, WeChat and Bilibili accounts. Kunqu, Huangmei, Yueju and Huiju...

After studying online at home for nearly three months, some students in Shanghai can return to campus from next month with strict pandemic prevention and control measures, as the city’s COVID-19 resurgence wanes. Third and second-grade students of local high schools will return to class from...

As Shanghai steps up resumption of businesses after containing the recent COVID-19 resurgence, the coastal city, a major transportation hub, has seen its container throughput recover to more than 80 percent of normal capacity. According to Shanghai International Port Group, the city’s daily container throughput reached...

Parks in Shanghai have been closed due to the lockdown but who’s taking care of the animals residing there? At Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park in the Pudong New Area, for instance, more than 700 marine life keepers decided to stay on site during lockdown to take...

Shanghai residents are required to scan the “venue code” or receive checks from the “digital sentry” — a comprehensive code-scanning and temperature-check machines — to enter or leave public venues and communities. Some public sites will also require the 48-hour negative polymerase chain reaction test result,...

The 2022 Covestro Cup “I Speak, I Act, I Impact” China Student Orator and Illustrator Contest, hosted by the World Organization for Sustainability Leadership, is officially underway. This year, it is focusing on the theme of “Quality Education,” the fourth of the United Nations’ Sustainable Development...