To travel is to live. —Hans Christian Andersen

Multinationals among best employers

The Changning-based Bosch, Johnson Controls, Michelin, Danaher and Otis are among the 151 best employers throughout the country 

The “Top Employers China 2024” list is one of the most influential annual selections in the global human resources field.

The evaluation of China’s Top Employers assesses candidates comprehensively across six major human resource areas including talent strategy, work environment, diversity, and inclusivity, covering 20 topics in depth to fully evaluate the human resource management level and strength of participating companies.

Worldwide, Top Employers Institute announced over 2,300 Top Employers for 2024 across 121 countries and regions. This recognition underscores the commitment of these organizations to fostering outstanding human resources strategies and people practices globally.

Meet in Shanghai on bus

The “New Experience of Intangible Cultural Heritage” Changning Bus Sightseeing Tour has been selected as one of the top 10 most popular tourist routes for “Meet in Shanghai” program in 2023

Being able to appreciate the historical architecture of the century-old Changning campus of the East China University of Political Science and Law, which combines Chinese and Western elements, tourists may also leisurely stroll and enjoy the beautiful scenery along the Suzhou Creek.

They may also appreciate intangible cultural heritage and immerse themselves in the charm of intangible cultural heritage handicrafts... the bus tour enables those who want to capture all the beautiful scenery, history, and culture of Changning in just one day.

The “New Experience of Intangible Cultural Heritage” bus sightseeing tour in Changning is still being upgraded. Last year, the district cultural and tourism bureau established the Huju Opera Art Museum, and the Changning Cultural and Tourism Center actively partnered with the Changning Huju Opera Troupe to create an immersive micro travel experience product called “Torch Relay” using Huju Opera as local art form to combine with micro travel.

It is worth mentioning that Huju Opera Micro Travel adopts the form of original scripts, giving participants dynamic characters. It has also specially produced a script set for “Torch Relay,” which includes storyline introduction, character cards, Huju Opera segment introduction, inheritance certificate, etc, allowing passengers of the bus sightseeing tour to have a more sense of participation and experience, and immerse themselves in the infinite charm of traditional culture in the microtrip.

10,000 dragons gather to celebrate the Chinese New Year

The “10,000 Dragons Art Exhibition” was unveiled at the Wang Xiaohui Art Museum at 369 Weining Road on the evening of January 25, and the entire art museum became the world of dragons. 

The first AR livestream room in China was unveiled at the same time for a live show of the opening of the exhibition.

The exhibition, which will run through April 20, traces back to the origin of pre-Qin (221-206 BC) dragon culture, based on the trend of contemporary art creation, and with the wings empowered by AIGC new technology, it looks forward to the innovation and future of Chinese dragon culture. 

Seeing a golden dragon fly out in the livestream room, audience at the opening ceremony felt particularly shocked, as if they had entered a world of myths and legends.

On New Year’s Day this year, more than 10 institutions including Wang Xiaohui Art Museum jointly launched the “10,000 Dragons AIGC Co Creation Collection Order.” 

Since the launch of the solicitation, young artists and AI creators throughout the country have actively participated in the exhibition, with over 10,000 AIGC dragons submitted. 

The organizer selected 1,000 of them to debut at the exhibition. In the next stage, new works will be updated every week. At present, the solicitation activity is still ongoing.

Waving golden dragon highlights Golden Street

As the Year of the Dragon approaches, a lifelike “dragon” hovered over the Golden Street on January 21. At the same time, a Chinese New Year-themed garden party was held at the street featuring traditional activities, such as Touhu, or the game of throwing arrows into a pot, sugar painting, and New Year’s blessing calligraphy.

People who participated in the celebration all experienced the charm of traditional culture.

Parks awarded for innovative exploration

The Hongqiao Park renewal project and the Zhongshan Park Wanhangdu Road section comprehensive improvement project have won the Excellence Award at the 2nd LA Landscape Architecture Awards for innovative exploration.

The predecessor of Hongqiao Park was the Shanghai Children’s Transportation Park, which was completed and opened on June 1, 1987. It was renamed Hongqiao Park in 2006 and began overall renovation in 2022. 

The design company has created a new era park from three aspects: reconstructing new links with new subjects, activating new daily life with new materials, and revitalizing new events with new art.

The comprehensive renovation project of Zhongshan Park Wanhangdu Road section is mainly carried out from three dimensions: spatial boundary breaking, temporal boundary crossing, and perceptual integration.

The so-called boundary breaking refers to the project breaking through the walls of Zhongshan Park and the Changning campus of the East China University of Political Science and Lawvon both sides of Wanhangdu Road, relocating sidewalks to the interior of the park, and converting the original sidewalks into non-motorized lanes, at the same time, expanding the motor vehicle lanes, which not only creates a unique slow traffic landscape, but also enhances the convenience of smooth traffic on Wanhangdu Road.

After the walls are demolished, the park is integrated with the square beside, allowing people to get across freely.

Perceptual integration refers to the comprehensive integration and opening of the “centennial campus” and “centennial park,” the interaction and concealment of “centennial trees” and “centennial buildings,” and the passage of “centennial road” and “centennial public transport,” telling the story of time.

Edited by Shanghai Daily