Wan Lixin

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Forum facilitates mutual development of youth and urban areas

1 week ago | shine.cn | Wan Lixin

With the goal of building Shanghai into a city conducive to young people's development, the Y50 Forum this year will host an innovation carnival for the first time to improve the environment for innovation. The sixth Shanghai Y50 Forum, which takes place on Saturday, will feature a keynote speaker session, the yearly release of top lists of innovative individuals and programs, and policy interpretations.
Chongqing district makes government canteen accessible to tourists, earns rave reviews

1 week ago | shine.cn | Wan Lixin

The longish May Day holiday (five days this year) has always been big for travel, given the balmy season, but this year there was also the serendipity of finding small-time but hotly buzzed destinations. It seemed that conflicting factors were at work in the choice of destination: the herd instinct to be beholden to social media hype, and the sobriety to avoid the beaten track, and the crowd.
Fengxian New City embracing beauty and health industries

2 weeks ago | shine.cn | Wan Lixin

Fengxian New City is striding toward its ambition as a beauty and health hub. In light of the newly unveiled 2025 Shanghai New City Development Action Plan, each of the five "new cities" – Jiading, Qingpu, Songjiang, Fengxian and Nanhui – will focus on beauty and health industries, covering cosmetics, medicine and food. In 2024, the beauty and health industries in Fengxian District achieved an output value of 50.85 billion yuan (US$7 billion), a 3.8 percent increase year on year.
Scientist reveals importance of China's microsatellites

2 weeks ago | shine.cn | Wan Lixin

Chinese scientists have made significant progress in using microsatellite data for research or commercial purposes though challenges remain, according to Zhang Yonghe, vice president of Innovation Academy for Microsatellites of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Zhang was interviewed on the sidelines of China's 10th Space Day which was launched in Shanghai on Thursday. Microsatellites are loosely defined as those weighing less than 500 kilograms.
Progress in Shanghai's intellectual property work favors business

3 weeks ago | shine.cn | Wan Lixin

A number of 2.8 million trademarks were registered in Shanghai in 2024, a year-on-year increase of 6.7 percent, revealed by government and judicial departments at a press conference today.
On the importance of reading books in the era of AI

3 weeks ago | shine.cn | Wan Lixin

Lately there have been a spate of book-related events. On April 19, after 460 days of renovation, the Shanghai Ancient Bookstore reopened with a lineup of 1,600 thread-bound Chinese books, and 50,600 books on traditional Chinese culture, in a spruced-up 3,000-square-meter floor space across six floors, which is arguably the biggest bookstore of its kind in China. An old reader asked a more pertinent question: After your remodeling, is it still quintessentially a bookstore?
Stealth videos of young girls in skimpy attire raise legal, moral questions

3 weeks ago | shine.cn | Wan Lixin

A 24-year-old man identified only by the surname Xue was detained last week for filming videos of women in short skirts in public places and posting them online with indecent captions, but no criminal charges were laid. A 41-year-old man who ejaculated onto a female passenger's clothing in a rush-hour Metro train was put in administrative detention, but the worst punishment he received was losing his job because of the publicity.
African delegation take in Shanghai sights on Huangpu cruise

3 weeks ago | shine.cn | Wan Lixin

Almost 50 African diplomats and leaders from foreign affairs institutes in Africa were treated to an unforgettable cruise along the Huangpu River on Thursday evening, taking in the stunning cityscape. They took the trip soon after arriving in Shanghai on a bullet train from Beijing. They were in the Chinese capital to attend a seminar on "Building a China-African Community with a Shared Future" at the Foreign Affairs University. Guests from Africa take a trip on the Huangpu River.
New action plan to tap full potential of new cities

1 month ago | shine.cn | Wan Lixin

Reporters gained first-hand experience of cutting-edge features of Qingpu New City during a press tour on Tuesday. The trip coincided with the unveiling of the 2025 Shanghai New City Development Action Plan at a briefing early in the day.
Judicial intervention ensures redress for fraudulent bank card withdrawal

1 month ago | archive.shine.cn | Wan Lixin

Nicholas Steven Wynne, an Irish teacher at Shanghai United International School, has been in Shanghai for many years. Multiple travels between his home country of Ireland and the city of Shanghai over the years have enabled him to better perceive the rapid development of China and the ever advancing convenience of living in Shanghai. A few years ago, Wynne encountered an incident that has been impressed upon his memory.