Coming together is a beginning; keeping together is progress; working together is success. —Edward Everett Hale

District ready to soar

Under the theme of “Low-altitude Wing Expansion, Preparing for Soaring,” a closed-door meeting for the low altitude economy industry was held in Changning on March 26 as part of the “Invest in Shanghai” activity week series.

The year of 2024 is hailed as the first year of low-altitude economy. Changning seizes the opportunity and focuses on laying out the new track of low-altitude economy, accelerating the expansion from traditional navigation to emerging navigation, and actively cultivating this new quality productivity. 

The Hongqiao International Low-altitude Economic Industrial Park has been officially unveiled and established. In the next stage, Changning will actively establish consulting service platforms and research platforms for low-altitude economy, in order to further leverage the advantages of the national level demonstration zone for air economy and help Shanghai build a “Sky City” by exerting its own strength.

Culture, tourism get together

Focusing on the deep integration and innovative development of the cultural and tourism industry, the Changning Cultural and Tourism Integration High Quality Development/Hongqiao Cultural and Tourism Expo Members’ Conference was held on March 28.

The conference summarized the significant achievements of the coordinated development of Changning’s cultural and tourism industry in the past year, and made forward-looking planning and deployment around the new stage of development goals.

It also focused on clarifying the strategic pivot role of deep integration of culture and tourism as a driving force for regional economic transformation and upgrading, and innovatively exploring the implementation path of cultural and tourism economy with Changning characteristics.

During the exchange session of the conference, the attendees engaged in lively discussions on the cutting-edge trends, innovative practices, and challenges faced by the cultural and tourism industry. 

Attendees from different fields such as tourism services, hotel accommodation, and cultural industries shared their practical experiences and thoughts in the context of cultural and business tourism integration, jointly exploring how to tap into regional characteristic cultural and tourism resources, create new scenarios for cultural and tourism consumption, enhance tourist experience, and promote the prosperity of regional cultural and tourism economy.

Garden in the park named after Monet

The “Boundless Garden” located in front of the lawn in Zhongshan Park has once again become a popular check-in spot. This ecological garden, which has been revitalized and upgraded after the removal of fences, has been transformed into an impressionist oil painting like landscape this spring with dozens of flowers such as tall pole violets, tulips, and embroidered gold chrysanthemums, affectionately known as the “urban version of Monet Garden” by visitors.

Cultural activities for the people

The Changning session of the 2025 Shanghai Citizen Culture Festival kicked off on March 29. With Livat Shanghai as the main venue, cultural venues of the district and those belong to communities will host nearly 60 cultural activities.

From the craftsmanship of intangible cultural heritage workshops to immersive exhibitions in art museums, and to art classrooms in community cultural spaces, this citywide action not only allows art to step out of the hall and integrate into local communities, but also infuses aesthetic education into the fabric of the city, radiating vibrant vitality in everyday life. 

In the future, Changning will continue to create a diverse cultural space, promote the deep integration of art and life, and enable every citizen to feel the nourishment of beauty in the rhythm of the city, jointly composing the civilized movement of the “People’s City.”

‘Cherry Blossom Avenues’ in full bloom

During the cherry blossom season, the two “Cherry Blossom Avenues” located at the intersection of Kaitian Road, and Guangshun Road N. and Beidi Road respectively are in full bloom.

In particular the “Cherry Blossom Avenue” of Kaitian Road, which has already started to rain cherry blossoms, creating a romantic atmosphere.

Multiple varieties of cherry blossoms are blooming in the cherry blossom themed greenway at the intersection of Guangshun Road N. and Beidi Road. There are 75 cherry blossom trees in 16 types in the 300-meter-long greenway.

Edited by Shanghai Daily