A Plant Photography Conference was held recently by the Chenshan Botanical Garden, during which Ge Binjie, a researcher from the Chenshan Specimen Museum, gave the main lecture.
China will launch its first international Arctic cooperation and research institute in Shanghai, sources attending a Sino-Iceland workshop told reporters in Reykjavik.
Children in Shanghai paint umbrellas in Xuhui district, Aug 16, 2012. The activity is aimed at teaching children about the law.
The 2012 Dreamy Summer Camp drew in 44 students in Shanghai and ended on August 8, 2012. Co-sponsored by the Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden and Shanghai Zoo, the camp helped participants get closer with nature and enriched their summer vacation.
The Playa Maya Water Park will welcome its first visitors in the summer of 2013. Many promotion plans in anticipation for the park's opening are underway.
Shanghai Happy Valley was voted one of the "Outstanding Scenic Spots in 2012" by millions of real travelers on TripAdvisor in China.
In recent days, visitors who came to enjoy the water lilies in the Chenshan Botanical Garden found a bird's nest on a giant water lily pad. It turned out to be a common moorhen’s home, and has quickly become a new eye-catching attraction.
Thayanithi Kulenthra, a lotus fan from Malaysia, visited the Shanghai Chenshan Botanical Garden with her daughter, Romila Kulenthran, in late July 2012.