More than 200 foreign shows are now performed in Shanghai every year.
Some Shanghai children made new friends over the weekend.
The Chenshan Autumn Flower Show 2012 attracted numerous tourists to Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden. In the garden, more than 200,000 strains of sunflowers were available to harvest. The garden allowed citizens to appreciate and pick sunflowers free of charge.
Shanghai celebrated the completion of the 65-meter-caliber Radio Telescope of Shanghai and the 140th anniversary of the establishment of the Shanghai Astronomical Observatory (SAO) in Sheshan scenic spot in Songjiang district on Oct 29.
Children's Daily Issue 7577 published a full page displaying some winning works from the painting competition entitled Thousands of Youths Describing Chenshan.
Over 30 blind elderly people from the Blind Person Association of Lujiazui Finance District in Pudong came to Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden for a tour on Oct 23.
A Commendation Conference and Exhibition of Huangshan Mountain in Autumn opened solemnly in Hangzhou, the capital city of Zhejiang province, from Oct 26-28.
Shanghai will become the permanent home of the HSBC Champions tournament and the event will be included in the PGA Tour's FedExCup schedule.