Neighborhood shop sells nothing but solar terms The future depends on what we do in

The future depends on what we do in the present. －Mahatma Gandhi

Neighborhood shop sells nothing but solar terms

A shop offers products and practices featuring the theme of Chinese solar terms is expected to open next Monday at the Jiuhua Neighborhood Center.

Products featuring the theme of solar terms will be sold from next Monday.

A series of activities will be held every week to teach visitors knowledge and traditional customs about the 24 solar terms.

Training courses and seminars about the solar terms will be held at the same time. Events to be held at the shop will also include a reading club, DIY lessons, a kitchen cooking seasonal foods and exhibitions about intangible cultural heritage.

A reading club featuring the theme of solar terms

The solar terms are 24 periods marking climate to govern agricultural practices in ancient China and functions even now.

These 24 solar terms each mark the position of the sun every time it travels 15 degrees on the ecliptic longitude. These solar terms have meaningful titles to guide the agricultural affairs and farming activities.

Some of them reflect the change of seasons such as the Beginning of Spring; some embody the phenomena of climate like the Awakening of Insects (Jing Zhe); and some indicate the change of climate like Major Heat (Da Shu), and so on.

The UN Educational, Scientific, and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) inscribed China’s “The Twenty-Four Solar Terms” on the Representative List of the Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity in November 2016.

A kitchen where seasonal foods are made

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全国第一家“节气非遗”主题店，即将在九华邻里中心开业！又一个周末好去处！

Parks to make Changning greener

Changning director Gu Honghui and other district leaders visited the Linkong No.1 Park under construction on a recent Tuesday and planted trees there to mark the arrival of spring.

Gu and his colleagues Wen Xinhua, Chen Huawen, Xia Limin and Zhu Hui as well as nearly 100 district cadres and Changning residents jointly planted eight camphor trees, four ginkgo trees, two Chinese tallows, six privets and 22 hall crabapples amid drizzle and a gentle breeze.

District leaders and others plant trees at Linkong No.1 Park to mark the arrival of spring.

The voluntary tree planting in spring is part of Changning’s efforts to make the district greener.

A number of parks and greeneries in Changning District are currently being constructed, with work expected to finish by the end of the year.

The Linkong No.1 Park, the 50-meter-wide greenery along Suzhou Creek, the 400-meter-wide tree belt on the Outer Ring Road, the second phase of the Zhongxinjing Public Green Space and Xinjing Park will cover an area of 420,000 square meters in total and jointly form an ecological corridor to provide the public with great riverside views.

An artist’s rendition of Linkong No.1 Park

The parks and greeneries will be connected through a non-motorized traffic system. Rivers in the west including Xinjinggang, Xinyupu and the western section of Suzhou Creek will also further expand their green space.

Linkong No.1 Park occupies an area of 99,000 square meters and features the theme of “green space plus music.” It has a stage and a lawn of 8,000 square meters. Magnolia trees are widely planted at the banks of Suzhou Creek. Events set to be held at the park include a magnolia festival and summer concerts on the lawn.

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临空1号公园等西部四公园年底将完成建设工作！

Online tribunal giant leap forward for court digital reform

The Changning District People’s Court has launched an online tribunal to hear contract disputes involving online businesses, online financial fraud as well as online criminal offences.

An online tribunal is held by the Changning District People’s Court.

A recent hearing through webcam was about an unfulfilled online travel booking. Each step of the hearing, including petition, showing evidence, cross examination as well as mediation was held online and the petitioner was in neighboring Jiangsu Province.

The one hour hearing will help the Changning court to create a set of rules for next step digital reform.

The judge hears the case through webcam.

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开视频，判案子？长宁法院判案有新方式？

School a cradle of young scientists

Students from Changning Experimental Primary School won seven first awards during the 33rd Shanghai Adolescents Science and Technology Innovation Contest, topping all the primary schools throughout the city.

Students show off their gold medals.

Changning Experimental Primary School has launched a series of extra curriculums involving computer programming, engineering, and manufacturing as well as science labs since 2008 to inspire students to explore innovations in science and cutting-edge technology.

These courses have laid a broad foundation for the development of children"s scientific interest. That’s why students from the school took part in around 90 sessions during the contest.

Students study 3D printing technology at Changning Experimental Primary School.

Meanwhile, more than 90 percent of primary and secondary schools in Changning joined the competition and most of them received honors which marked the great achievement of Changning’s education.

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长宁实验小学勇夺全市第一！家门口好学校助力学生成长~

Sweet home for entrepreneurs

Xinhua Community serves local enterprises like a “nanny” in an attempt to create a business friendly environment.

Community cadres visit and contact local businesses regularly.

It helped local startup DeepBlue Technology find its ideal office with acceptable rent and established a database to provide more tailored services.

Community cadres have set up 10 teams to visit and contact local businesses regularly. They also made a guidebook of doing business in the community and issued a list of main requests by enterprises, as well as their solutions.

A guidebook of doing business at Xinhua Community

At the same time, a total of 138 major enterprises have joined a WeChat group managed by community cadres for instant contact.

Xinhua Community also established a number of business associations, salons and activities to enhance ties among entrepreneurs and office workers.

Major local enterprises have joined a WeChat group managed by community cadres for instant contact.

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【大调研】新华街道优化营商环境，甘当服务企业的“店小二”

Editor | Li Xinran Shanghai Daily