Shanghai News

Shanghai will offer a package of 140 billion yuan (US$21 billion) to help businesses deal with COVID-19 pandemic difficulties. The package includes tax and rent cuts or exemptions, cash subsidies, as well as financial and material assistance, city officials said. Other measures include a public service...

A quick response to any new COVID-19 case outside quarantined areas will be crucial in preventing a rebound in infections in the community as Shanghai has cut off community transmission of the coronavirus, according to the city’s health authorities. “The possibility of finding positive infections among...

EDITOR’S note: THE Song Dynasty (960-1279) is divided into two distinct periods, Northern and Southern. During the Northern Song (960-1127), the royal court built its capital in present-day Kaifeng City, Henan Province. It then retreated to the south of the Yangtze River and established the Southern...

Some ham products supplied to locked-down residents in Putuo District in free gift packs have been found to have excessive bacteria, Shanghai’s market regulators revealed yesterday. The hams were procured by Changshou Road Subdistrict authorities from Shanghai Fengyun Internet Science and Technology Co and processed by...

THE latest offering from Daylight Entertainment “My Superhero” has been airing on Dragon TV daily at 7:30pm starting May 18. The light-hearted sitcom, based on a novel by Bao Jingjing and directed by Li Xue, centers on the lives, emotions and philosophy of ordinary people. A...

Deals on nine major industrial projects worth hundreds of millions of US dollars were signed yesterday in Shanghai’s Jinshan District. Alibaba plans to set up a line-up of 100,000 servers as part of its intelligent manufacturing project fueled by cloud computing. The Chinese tech giant will...

Shanghai’s recent PCR plus antigen screening and other control measures are showing growing effects, with a rising number of residents now in precautionary areas and fewer still under lockdown, according to the city’s health commission. A total of 192 COVID-19 infections were detected during at-risk people...

Shanghai will offer a package of 140 billion yuan (US$21 billion) to help businesses deal with COVID-19 pandemic difficulties. The package includes tax and rent cuts or exemptions, cash subsidies, as well as financial and material assistance, city officials said. Other measures include a public service...