It is the second largest metro system in the world in terms of route miles, after the Shanghai Metro and part of the largest system in terms of route miles when taken together with the Docklands Light Railway. The light metro lines in London are operated by the Docklands Light Railway, whereas the Shanghai Metro is a group of four companies which operate heavy rail rapid transit and light metro lines.

While remote, rural areas still largely depend on non-mechanized means of transport, a modern maglev train system was built in China to connect the city center of Shanghai with its international airport.

Like virtually all governing institutions in mainland China, the politics of Shanghai is structured in a dual party-government system, in which the Communist Party Chief, officially termed the Communist Party of China Shanghai Municipal Committee Secretary ( currently Yu Zhengsheng ), outranks the Mayor ( currently Han Zheng ).

The Beijing law lecturer who exposed the incident said it spelt the end of the hukou system: in most smaller cities, the system has been abandoned ; it has " almost lost its function " in big cities like Beijing and Shanghai.

Chinese Postal Map Romanization () was the system of romanization for Chinese place names which came into use in the late Qing dynasty and was officially sanctioned by the Imperial Postal Joint-Session Conference (), which was held in Shanghai in the spring of 1906.

Upon engagement with enemy personnel skilled in classical European arts and old school judo, the post-battlefield reports of the “ Shanghai method ” produced the highest number of documented kills of any combatives system to date.

Line 2 is part of the Shanghai Metro system ; therefore unlike the Maglev, free in-system transfer to other lines are possible, with ticket prices varying from 3 RMB to 10 RMB.

It has already launched the system in Guam, as well as Shanghai and Beijing, China ( however, as of November 2010, it has withdrawn iD terminals from all merchants in China ).

Shanghai Optical Co. ( Seagull ) purchased tools and production plant from Minolta at different times, making some X300 series for Minolta branding, and continues to release MD mount film SLRs compatible with the old system under the Seagull name.

In 1997, the Kadoorie-residence-turned Shanghai Children's Palace, had their spacious front garden largely removed in order to make room for the city's overpass system under construction.

After the completion of the Yangtze River Bridge in 1992 and the Beijing to Kalwoon ( Hong Kong )-Wuhan to Shanghai rail system laid, a convenient ground corridor was provided and a regional airport now serves most of China ’ s capital cities.

In 1988, the Shanghai Electric Clock Factory installed China's first large screen display system in the Beijing Railway Station Square.

In April 2004, Shanghai began commercial operations of the high-speed Transrapid system.

The Beijing – Shanghai Expressway or Jinghu Expressway is a major road system of China, linking the capital Beijing in the north to Shanghai on the central coast.

The Shanghai metro system is currently expanding to include Jinshan.

In contrast, the scoring system used in the Shanghai variant is high, due to the diverse number of scoring criteria and inflated values for rarer hands such as the thirteen terminals.

JETCO was founded by BOCHK in 1982 along with the Bank of East Asia, Chekiang First Bank, Shanghai Commercial Bank and Wing Lung Bank, and at present covers all licensed commercial banks in Hong Kong and Macau, except for HSBC and Hang Seng Bank, which has their own system.

He was inspired by Chinese characters, with which he became familiar at Shanghai.

Having taken Nanking in March ( and briefly visited Shanghai, now under the control of his close ally Bai Chongxi ), Chiang halted his campaign and prepared a violent break with Wang's leftist elements, which he believed threatened his control of the KMT.

The first is the " elitist coalition " or Shanghai clique which contains mainly officials who have risen from the more prosperous provinces.

As of 2006, Hong Kong Exchanges and Clearing ( HKEX ) has an average daily turnover of 33. 4 billion dollars, which is 12 times that of Shanghai.

The recommendations of the Brent Commission were endorsed by the United States Department of State and in 1906 President Theodore Roosevelt called for an international conference, the International Opium Commission, which was held in Shanghai in February 1909.

Kazakhstan is a member of the United Nations, Organization for Security and Co-operation in Europe ( which it chaired in 2010 ), North Atlantic Cooperation Council, Commonwealth of Independent States, the Shanghai Cooperation Organization, and NATO's Partnership for Peace program.

From Peking, Mao moved along to Shanghai, working as a laundryman and meeting with Chen Duxiu, who had been recently freed from prison ; together, they discussed Marxism, which Chen was also beginning to accept.

" In Shanghai, Mao also met with one of his old teachers, Yi Peiji, a revolutionary and member of the Kuomintang, or Chinese Nationalist Party, which at the time was gaining increasing support and influence across China.

It was decided that they should send delegates for a central meeting, which began in Shanghai on July 23, 1921.

Shanghai Animation Film Studio produced a 13-episode Nasreddin related animation called ' The Story of Afanti '/ 阿凡提 ( 电影 ) in 1979, which became one of the most influential animations in China's history.

* 2003 – Shanghai Transrapid sets a new world speed record () for commercial railway systems, which remains the fastest for unmodified commercial rail vehicles.

In 2002 the government merged the nine largest airlines into three regional groups based in Beijing, Shanghai, and Guangzhou, respectively: Air China, China Eastern Airlines, and China Southern Airlines, which operate most of China's external flights.

Shanghai has the 2nd largest amount of air traffic in China through its two airports combined, the Shanghai Pudong International Airport ( PVG ), which is located southeast of central Shanghai, and Shanghai Hongqiao International Airport ( SHA ), which is located west of central Shanghai.

Today south Jiangsu remains one of the richest parts of China, and Shanghai, arguably the wealthiest and most cosmopolitan of mainland China cities, is a direct extension of south Jiangsu culture.

The monks suffered their greatest defeat at Taozhai, where four of them fell in battle ; their remains were buried under the Stūpa of the Four Heroic Monks ( Si yi seng ta ) at Mount She near Shanghai.

The large Russian Orthodox Cathedral Holy Virgin Cathedral is one of the largest buildings in the neighborhood and contains the remains and relics of John of Shanghai and San Francisco.

His remains were later sent to Shanghai and from there to the United States.

Puxi ( Chinese:, Pǔxī, " Huangpu West Bank ") is the historic center of Shanghai, China, and remains the home of approximately 48 % of Shanghai's residents in an area of 288 km².

Despite efforts to promote Pudong, Puxi remains the cultural and entertainment center of Shanghai.

That $ 2 million first prize remains the largest in professional golf, but was matched in 2011 by the Lake Malaren Shanghai Masters.

Other achievements in Monteiro's career include being designated a voting member of the National Academy of Recording Arts & Sciences ( organiser of the Grammy Awards ) in 1991 and remains the only Southeast Asian to hold a vote in the Grammies, performing with the Asian All-Stars jazz band to 14, 000 people at the Shanghai Convention Centre in 1996, and being appointed artistic director of the Singapore International Jazz Festival in 2001, featuring 52 bands and more than 150 musicians from Singapore and overseas.

The city remains undisturbed from the surface at a depth of 26-40m, Big Blue dive operator based in Shanghai, runs weekend trips twice a month throughout the year to the city and has started to uncover parts of the lost city.

* 2004 – the first commercial high speed Maglev train starts operation between Shanghai and its airport.

Whereas orchestras organised by, run solely by and nearly always exclusive to the expatriate community in China are recorded from the early days of the International Settlement in Shanghai ( i. e. 1850s ) and a Russian orchestra was in operation in Harbin from the early 20th century, the beginnings of a unique classical music tradition in China lie with the first foreign trained Chinese conductor, Zheng Zhisheng.

* July 3 – The first railroad in China, the partially completed Woosung Road, begins operation, connecting north Shanghai with Jiangwan.

My Dinh Stadium official operation on September 2, 2003 with the opening friendly match between the Vietnam U23 and the club Shanghai Shenhua which was playing at Chinese Super League.

Later in 1920 and 1921, " Shanghai Securities & Commodities Exchange " and " Shanghai Chinese Merchant Exchange " started operation respectively.

The operation of Shanghai Stock Exchange came to an abrupt halt after Japanese troops occupied the Shanghai International Settlement on December 8, 1941.

* 1990-The present Shanghai Stock Exchange re-opened on November 26 and began operation on December 19.

The Shanghai branch of Chartered bank began operation in August 1858.

In May 2004 it started commercial operation on routes from Luxembourg to Beijing and Luxembourg to Shanghai via Moscow and Novosibirsk. The second Boeing 747-200 commenced scheduled services in October 2004.

Near to Shanghai and Nanjing via convenient transportation links, the zone began operation in October 2006.

At the same time, the new Shanghai Railway Station was built and started its operation.

" Originally forming an old ice cream truck with Skids, Mudflap gains his own vehicle mode following the Shanghai operation.