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Migrants may get a push home

Metro | Jobs/human resources
2009-2-6

SHANGHAI is trying to maintain job opportunities for migrant workers, but an official admitted yesterday that the city may have to persuade some to return to their hometowns as the economic downturn cuts local payrolls. ...

Record numbers clog China's tracks

National
2009-2-4

CHINA'S railways had their busiest season in January, as millions of people returned home for the Spring Festival. The total number of passengers hit 133 million for the month, an increase of 11.8 percent over...

Shanghai's housing market stays lackluster as sales and supply drop

Business | Real estate
2009-2-2

SHANGHAI'S housing market remained lackluster in January as supply and sales dropped significantly during the Spring Festival holiday. New home supply, excluding homes built for relocation uses, totaled only 150,000...

Shanghai tops Spring Festival escapes

Metro
2009-2-1

SHANGHAI tourists topped the list of Chinese tourists to leave the mainland over the Spring Festival holiday according to a survey by leading national travel website ctrip.com. Shanghai came top out of 40 Chinese...

Call to go green for Spring Festival

National
2009-1-31

FOR Chinese people, Spring Festival, or the Lunar New Year, usually offers an irresistible excuse to revel, dine, travel and exchange gifts, with the belief that a prosperous beginning marks happiness for a whole year. ...

China's railways carry 75 mln holiday passengers

National
2009-1-29

CHINA'S railways carried 75.05 million passengers between January 11-27, or in the first 17 days of the 40-day Spring Festival travel rush. The figure represents a 17 percent increase from a year earlier, the...

Shanghai receives 1.57 mln tourists in first three days of Spring Festival

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2009-1-29

SHANGHAI has received 1.57 million tourists in the first three days of the weeklong holiday of traditional Spring Festival, according to local authorities yesterday. Statistics from the holiday management office...

Beijing reports 46 firework-related injuries on Spring Festival eve

National
2009-1-26

A TOTAL of 46 people were injured from fireworks-related accidents in Beijing yesterday, the eve of China's Spring Festival, local authorities said today. About 70 ambulances had patrolled at Sunday night on streets...

Police hold suspect in cactus fraud scam

Metro | Crime and public security
2009-1-24

A MAN wanted in connection with a fraudulent scheme said to have conned investors out of a total of 480 million yuan (US$70 million) has been seized by Shanghai police. The man, identified as Sun, was wanted by...

More citizens ready to spring away

Metro | Hotel and tourism
2009-1-22

NEARLY 39,400 Shanghai people will leave the country during the seven-day Spring Festival holiday, about 10 percent more than last year, the Shanghai Tourist Administration reported. And more Shanghai people will...