City’s new mayor ‘fully confident’

City plans 5-day smog forecasts

The unwanted side of bike sharing

Concern over children’s education burden

FTZ should learn better practice from others to gain traction on reform

Tougher crackdown on property rental abuse

MORE than 500 cases of illegal construction and group rental — multiple tenants staying in one property — were recorded in Shanghai residents’ credit account in 2016, the city’s housing authority said

January 20, 2017, Friday

A clearer credit system

SHANGHAI needs to make the city’s credit system more transparent, deputies at the annual session of the Shanghai People’s Congress said. The city is aiming to be the first in China to have a local credit

January 20, 2017, Friday

Proposals offered to encourage local dialect

LOCAL legislators want to protect the Shanghai dialect. They are concerned that the number of local young speakers is dropping rapidly. At the annual session of Shanghai People’s Congress, lawmakers

January 20, 2017, Friday

Shanghai leads nation in setting tougher food safety regulations

SHANGHAI plans tough new food safety regulations — the toughest in the nation — that would see some offenders banned from the food industry for life. Yan Zuqiang, director of Shanghai Food and Drug Administration,

January 19, 2017, Thursday