Yang Jian

Chief Metro Reporter

Shanghai leading global innovation thanks to youth entrepreneurship

The city is stepping up its ambition to become a global innovation hub by investing in young entrepreneurs and creating one of the most supportive startup ecosystems in China.

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Art & Culture

Singing as a way of life! Blending tradition and innovation to revive Dong Grand Song

Folk singers and cultural leaders across southwest China are preserving the Grand Song of the Dong ethnic group through teaching, performance and digital innovation.

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In Focus

Shanghai accelerates business reform as it targets global standards

City stepping up efforts to become one of the best places in the world to do business with the announcement of high-priority measures to produce visible results by the end of 2025.

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In Focus

Presidential encounter marks turning point for Shanghai-based French mathematician

Hamza Boukili, a French mathematician and AI entrepreneur, was in for a surprise when he met Chinese President Xi Jinping at the Shanghai Foundation Model Innovation Center.

2025-05-01 20:08 0

Metro

Shanghai Cruise Tourism Festival to open with dazzling waterfront shows

Set sail as Shanghai's Cruise Tourism Festival returns from April 30 to May 20, featuring various events, live performances, and fresh travel experiences along the waterfront.

2025-04-28 18:44 0

Art & Culture

Hua'er: the blossoming folk songs of northwest China

Hua'er, northwest China's centuries-old folk song form, unites diverse ethnic groups with its raw, poetic expressions of love, labor and life.

2025-04-25 13:01 0

In Focus

City playing key role in China's aerospace ambitions

Among the many highlights at the launch of the nation's 10th Space Day was the unveiling of Shanghai's new policies to cultivate a commercial aerospace manufacturing cluster.

2025-04-24 21:12 0

Art & Culture

Epic of King Gesar: reviving a millennia-old tale of unity

The Gesar epic is a 2009 UNESCO-listed oral tradition shared by Tibetan, Mongolian, Tu and some other ethnic groups in west and north China.

2025-04-18 14:36 0

Metro

Shanghai to launch visa-free business zone near Pudong airport

Shanghai will open a visa-free international business zone near Pudong airport by the end of this year to boost global connectivity and economic openness.

2025-04-18 09:00 0

Metro

Shanghai aims for 100bn yuan space industry by 2027

City aims to produce 100 commercial rockets and 1,000 satellites a year by then, becoming a hub for reusable rockets, low-cost satellite manufacturing, and space applications.

2025-04-17 20:36 0

Yang Jian

Shanghai leading global innovation thanks to youth entrepreneurship

Singing as a way of life! Blending tradition and innovation to revive Dong Grand Song

Shanghai accelerates business reform as it targets global standards

Presidential encounter marks turning point for Shanghai-based French mathematician

Shanghai Cruise Tourism Festival to open with dazzling waterfront shows

Hua'er: the blossoming folk songs of northwest China

City playing key role in China's aerospace ambitions

Epic of King Gesar: reviving a millennia-old tale of unity

Shanghai to launch visa-free business zone near Pudong airport

Shanghai aims for 100bn yuan space industry by 2027

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