Since the resumption of international flights on March 26, 2023, the number of passengers entering and exiting Hongqiao International Airport in Shanghai had exceeded one million as of Aug 9.
The nation's second C919, China's first self-developed narrow-body jet, was delivered to its first customer, China Eastern Airlines, on July 16 in Shanghai.
Test trains traveled at a speed of 385 kilometers per hour on the Shanghai-Nanjing Riverside High-speed Railway on July 3, according to the China Railway Shanghai Group.
Flights between Shanghai and Karamay in Xinjiang Uygur autonomous region will be launched from Sunday, according to official sources.
On June 24, Line 11 of the Suzhou metro went into operation, linking the city of Suzhou, a major GDP contributor in East China's Jiangsu province, with Shanghai, another economic heavyweight in the region.
The Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport saw a significant recovery of inbound and outbound trips during the Dragon Boat Festival holiday, according to the airport's border inspection station.
A high-speed rail rush is fueling the rise of the Yangtze River Delta region as China's economic heartland, which is home to more than one-sixth of the country's population and the source of 24 percent of its GDP last year.
The second Beijing-Shanghai high-speed railway consists of Beijing-Tianjin Intercity Railway (in operation), Tianjin-Weifang (under construction), Weifang-Suqian (approved), Suqian-Huaian (in operation), Huaian-Yangzhou (in operation), Yangzhou-Nantong (under construction) and Nantong-Shanghai (in operation) high-speed railways.
