Updates

Shanghai policies aid foreign workers

Mar 13, 2020

One month after the municipal government of Shanghai introduced contactless processing for foreigners' work permits, it has updated policies to help foreign workers resume their jobs in the city.
World's largest planetarium resumes construction

Mar 12, 2020

Construction resumed Wednesday on the Shanghai Planetarium, a branch of the Shanghai Science and Technology Museum, and is due to be the world's largest of its kind in terms of gross floor area when it officially opens in 2021.
Shanghai regulates private school enrollment

Mar 12, 2020

The Shanghai education authority has banned interviews of students as part of the enrollment process in the city's private schools of compulsory education, the Shanghai Municipal Education Commission announced on Wednesday.
Yangshan Immigration Inspection helps shipping companies resume work

Mar 11, 2020

Crew exchange is an important part of the work resumption process for shipping companies. A group of 11 Chinese crews of the COACO Shipping Star were successfully redeployed on March 9, with help from the Yangshan Immigration Inspection, the customs, the ship owner, shipping agent and the port.
Lin-gang company receives online staff training subsidy amid epidemic

Mar 10, 2020

Shanghai Supercomputer Technology Co Ltd (SSCT) in the Lin-gang Special Area has completed three online training sessions for 21 employees amid the epidemic and received an online staff training subsidy of 31,207.5 yuan ($4,502.2) from the Lin-gang Special Area Administration.
Shanghai airports strengthen measures

Mar 10, 2020

Shanghai authorities have stepped up preventive measures at the city's two airports since Friday to curb the spread of the novel coronavirus from overseas.
Lin-gang announces plan to facilitate firms' cross-border RMB settlement

Mar 9, 2020

Lin-gang Special Area Administration and the Shanghai Bank Foreign Exchange and Cross-Border Renminbi Business Self-Discipline Mechanism held a news conference on a plan involving the facilitation of cross-border RMB settlements for enterprises in the Lin-gang Special Area on March 5.
$2.2b IC project settles in Lin-gang Special Area

Mar 6, 2020

Galaxycore Inc. signed a cooperation agreement with China Shanghai Pilot Free Trade Zone Lin-gang Special Area Administration and Lingang Group to carry out an integrated circuit R&D and industrialization project on March 5.