Year: 2021

The market regulator in Shanghai penalized IKEA China more than 210,000 yuan ($32,845) for selling defective bedding products, according to China Central Television (CCTV), citing a statement posted on the agency’s website. According to the notification, the Swedish furniture giant was penalized for insufficient colorfastness of bedding products, with all 1,456 products sold out. The defective quilt coverings and pillowslips were imported by IKEA China in January 2020, and they went on sale in March 2020. The corporation removed the products from its shelves in March 2021 and halted the importation of the commodities. IKEA made illegal gains of 6,158.82 yuan through selling substandard products, which were … Read more

On November 7, the Shanghai Municipal Leading Group office for epidemic prevention and control released information, stating that COVID prevention policy measures have been updated to further improve management of personnel arriving from high-risk areas to Shanghai personnel health management. Report travel outside Shanghai Within 12 hours of arriving in Shanghai, all individuals returning from … Read more

Flight CA934 from Paris to Tianjin has resumed full operation starting November 9 after purging its suspension. For the up-to-date list of suspended flights, please visit this page.

On Monday, China’s Personal Information Protection Law also known as PIPL went into effect. The law passed at the 30th session of the 13th National People’s Congress Standing Committee in August, contains detailed provisions to strengthen personal information protection, particularly for online platform users. Personal information collection, application, processing, and trading will be strictly monitored, … Read more

Shanghai residents aged 6 to 11 will be vaccinated against COVID19 beginning at 8 p.m. on Thursday October 28. According to the Shanghai COVID19 prevention and control leadership office, children in this age group can book their vaccinations through the health cloud app, or 建康云. Minors must be accompanied by a parent or guardian to … Read more

On October 25, 2022, the State Council issued the official China public holidays schedule for 2022 via its Circular of the General Office of the State Council on the Arrangement of Public Holidays in 2022. The holidays schedule is as follows:

As a result of the dual pressures of external import and internal resurgences of COVID19, Beijing will tighten management and control of personnel entering the city during the most critical phase. On Sunday, Changping, Fengtai, and Haidian reported five new infections and one asymptomatic carrier. All six infections are linked to recent COVID19 outbreaks elsewhere. … Read more

Since two tourists from Shanghai were discovered COVID-19 positive on October 16 in Northwest China’s Shaanxi Province, this wave of COVID19 outbreak has spread to at least ten provinces and municipalities as of Thursday. The virus gene sequencing of the infected patient in Beijing revealed that this wave points to the Delta variant, but the … Read more

According to police, six suspects were arrested in Shanghai on Tuesday for allegedly defrauding people using an Alipay function. The victims lost money due to a connection between their own Alipay accounts and the suspects’ accounts via a function on the app. A woman victim, surnamed Li, reported the fraud to police last month, and … Read more