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Shanghai Daily Tuesday 29 January 2019 Jing’an C3

GoalS in 2019

from C1 be built. Jing’an will organize six free
medical consultations in communities
and provide free colon cancer screen-
river cleanup ing for 150,000 residents. Colon cancer
The water quality of the Jiangchang has become the No.2 most prevalent
cancer in Shanghai, with the incidence
Mar to a level that nurtures fish and allows rate rising 4.2 percent every year.
and Zhongyang rivers will be upgraded
people to swim.
Cultural facilities
elderly care Renovation of the Tianmu Road
Tulip festival In 2019, an extra of 250 beds will branch of Jing’an Library will be
Millions of tulips in 45 different species came into full blossom in Daning Park be added to senior care homes across completed.
Restoration of the former site of the
last spring. The array included orange blossoms which emitted a golden hue in the district. A comprehensive senior National Labor Union Secretariat will
sunlight, white blossoms appearing as delicate as porcelain, and hot pink blossoms care home will be built in a community, be completed and the exhibition hall
that swayed in the wind like dainty young ladies. providing a variety of services such as will be renovated and upgraded.
daycare, medical treatment and reha- Restoration of the 97-year-old Yuanli
bilitation nursing. Seniors will be able Pawnshop, the largest and best-pre-
to watch movies, listen to informative served pawnshop in Shanghai, will be
talks and attend cultural activities.
finished and operate as a museum.
Ten grassroots cultural service sites
Helping the needy will be built in neighborhoods.
Jing’an will help 590 jobless young Jing’an will provide 160,000 5-yuan
people find employment and sup- film tickets to residents, with subsidies
port 800 people starting up their own provided by cinemas and the district
businesses, including 480 university government.
students and young people.
sports facilities
education A new public sports field, three
Construction of a branch of Yuyao jogging and walking paths, and 25
Road Kindergarten will be completed. community-based fitness sites will be
Two cage soccer fields will be built in built. Lighting equipment at stadiums
May Also, 500 “Love Summer Care” camps are open to the public will be reno-
and sports fields in 82 schools that
schools and coaches will be trained.
vated. Free physical checkups will be
for primary school students will be
opened during the two-month sum-
mer vacation to relieve the burden of provided for 13,000 residents.
Drama festival working parents. Food markets
Modern Drama Valley, Shanghai’s an- rural Shaanxi Province in the 1970s and Jing’an will renovate three wet mar-
1980s.
nual theatrical extravaganza, was held A wide range of street theater per- Medical care kets. Ten sites providing cheap, healthy
last May, presenting 17 productions formances were also staged by artists In 2019, a traditional Chinese medi- lunches for white-collar workers will
from China, Russia, Lithuania, Poland, in popular commercial zones. They cine hospital and a new dentistry will be upgraded.
Australia, France, Britain and Japan. included magic shows, improvised mini-
Fourteen of the plays were Shanghai de- dramas, freestyle dancing and bubble
buts, and six were staged on the Chinese shows.
mainland for the first time. Also, giant puppets were brought to
Opening the festival was “Ordinary life on the streets. Both local residents
World,” adapted from the award-winning and foreign visitors stopped to watch,
novel of the same name that portrays expressing amazement at the impressive
the lives and struggles of people in street performances.

party’s anniversary
On July 1, the 97th anniversary
of the founding of the Commu-
nist Party of China, nearly 4,000
people visited the Museum of the
Second CPC National Congress to
pay tribute to the birthplace of the
Party’s constitution.
It is one of the most popular Photo by
“red” revolutionary sites in the Yu Ruwen
city, receiving an average 3,000
Jul visitors every day. It boasts ‘Two SeSSionS’ voiceS
China’s first Party constitution
library, with booklets in different
covers on display.
Lawmaker Liu Qing Lawmaker Zhu Yiping
suggested recordiing residents’ stories to suggested fostering quality caregivers who
preserve local culture. can provide professional care to the elderly
sculpture festival in their homes.
Nearly 90 pieces of sculptured Lawmaker Dong Jiyuan
works by 40 artists from 14 countries suggested venerated brands be linked to Political adviser Shi Yanjun
and regions were on display in the new technologies to better compete with suggested that high technology
three-month 2018 Jing’an Interna- international brands. companies make their voices heard on the
tional Sculpture Project. world stage.
This giant upside-down truck sculp- Lawmaker Li Lei
ture, designed by Austrian artist Erwin suggested encouraging technology Political adviser Wu Shujun
Wurm, was the star of the show. It is industries to set up offices in Shibei High suggested promoting waste sorting in
part of well-known “One Minute Sculp- sep Technology Park. primary schools.
tures Series” that captivated the world
during the Venice Biennale in 2017. Lawmaker Zhu Jianfeng Political adviser Ni Keliang
suggested upgrading services at suggested organizing more cultural
Major evenTS in 2018 ! grassroots healthcare centers to relieve the activities for senior citizens across the
district.
burden on comprehensive hospitals.