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Monday 25 December 2017鈥?Shanghai Daily

June: July

Stair climbers

Disabled and elderly residents
living in buildings without lifts
no longer are restricted to their
homes.

The district pioneered the
rental of stair chair lifts in the
Pengpu Xincu and Linfen Road
communities.

He Yuexian, 84, was among
the beneficiaries. The automated
stair chair enabled her to go out-
side her fourth-floor apartment
into the fresh air for the first
time in years.

It takes about one minute for
one of the chairs to climb or
descend one story. The program
will be expanded to other needy
communities in the future.

July: October December

oking Storytelling in 20 badminton courts. All photos by Jiang Xiaowei and Hua Ping
17 Some 7,000 people have com-
memorials then the offices of media tycoon memories of the past. Many of
peted there in 450 events. Rupert Murdoch. In 2011, Prada the old names were changed over
New technologies surprised took over tenancy. time.
visitors when the Memorial and October:
Museum of the Second National Icon of local November: Shanzhongli will be among the
Congress of the Communist heritage A smarter 19 residential complexes with re-
Party of China reopened after a Nanjing Road stored names.
four-month renovation. The historic Rong Villa
reopened after a six-year reno- The big data revolution will 鈥淲e haven鈥檛 called it Shan-
In a break from staid, ste- vation involving Italian luxury transform commerce along the zhongli for years, and young
reotyped Party memorial sites, brand Prada. Skilled craftsmen popular shopping street of Nan- residents don鈥檛 even know that
the refurbished museum both from Italy and China combined jing Road W., turning it into a name,鈥?said Cao Huilin, a neigh-
educates and entertains visitors. forces to repair broken pieces 鈥渟mart zone.鈥? borhood official. 鈥淭hey call it 113
With augmented-reality glasses, and restore the original look of Changshu Road. We are reviving
they can step into rooms where the building. Under the new system, retailers memories to help raise awareness
history took place 95 years ago will be able to adjust their mer- about history and culture.鈥? during the first plenary session of The site is the former residence chandise according to consumer
the Second National Congress of of Rong Zongjing (1873-1938), data collected from various chan- A resident鈥檚 old photograph
the Community Party of China. an industrial tycoon who built nels, including WiFi access and of the neighborhood has been
a commercial empire in China. UnionPay transfers. They will blown up and replicated on a
Through computer-generated Rong and younger brother Rong also identify which classes of large wall at the entrance to the
sensory technology, visitors also Desheng became magnates in consumers are best targeted to neighborhood.
can see the Party constitution flour and textiles. Nephew Rong increase sales and how to set
appear above a table and flick Yiren, who served as vice presi- prices. Shanzhongli, which has 25
through it automatically. Later, dent of China from 1993-98, English-style garden townhous-
in the augmented presentation, founded the China International Jing鈥檃n officials plan to put the es, was built in 1930 along the Say
early Party leaders who attended Trust & Investment Corp in 1979 system into full operation next Zoong Route, presently named
the session appear, sitting at a and became known as the 鈥淩ed year. Changshu Road.
table and conversing. Capitalist.鈥? December: The city government placed
August: Rong Zongjing bought the Cultural ambience Shanzhongli on its list of heri-
Shanghai garden villa site from a tage buildings in 1999. It was the
Suzhou Creek German in 1918. Its classic Beaux A district-wide overhaul of old only road in the former French
Arts-style facade has been main- buildings is nearing its end as Concession that was named after
crossing tained, while the interior decor by part of a district policy to im- a Chinese.
Eclectic & Art Deco Styles retains prove the ambience and lifestyles
Residents living in old houses traditional Chinese elements. of neighborhoods. Many ideas Say Zoong is a French trans-
along Changping Road were re- have come from the grassroots. literation of Shanzhong, a
located to modern apartments to Over the years, the villa has pseudonym of the late property
make way for a new bridge cross- changed occupancy several Jing鈥檃nsi Community, for ex- tycoon Tao Ruzeng.
ing Suzhou Creek. times, housing the China Eco- ample, is restoring the original
nomic Research Institute and names of old alleys to recapture The former residences of fa-
For residents, it meant an end mous generals Jiang Guangnai,
to dilapidated, cramped living Dai Ji and Feng Zhi鈥檃n were lo-
conditions. cated on Say Zoong Route. The
19 old residential complexes
The bridge has multiple ben- include Xianlin Villa at 470
efits. It links Changping and Yuyuan Road and Rong鈥檃nfang
Hengtong roads, shortening travel at 496 Huashan Road.
time in the area. The local envi-
ronment was also upgraded.

Sep tember :

New sports facility

Jing鈥檃n鈥檚 biggest sports center
opened on Wenshui Road. Cov-
ering 61,733 square meters, it
dwarfs all other sports centers
in the downtown area.

The highlight is a 鈥渞ooftop鈥? football field 13 meters above
the ground, the first of its kind
in Shanghai.

The center also has a 5,600-seat
multifunction venue, a swim-
ming pool, two basketball courts,
two volleyball courts, four tennis
courts, 16 table tennis courts and