Xu spent more than 20 years on the sidelines of Chinese soccer field and managed Dalian Wanda and Shanghai Shenhua to first-flight championships.When he decided to start his own soccer base in 2000, he refused all offers outside of Shanghai. He led second-tier team Shanghai Zhongyuan to the league t...

Pradeep Pant (right), president of Kraft Foods, Asia-Pacific Region, visiting Haiqiao School in Chongming island, Shanghai. Pant's company donated a Kraft Hope Kitchen to the school to help it to improve its students' health. Kraft Hope Kitchen is a charity project jointly initiated by Kraft Foods C...

Dongtan wetland reserve on Shanghai's Chongming island. A large number of birds die every year during migration because of wetland degradation, dwindling food sources, wind farm development and hunting, according to a statement released by GM China. Lu Yun / For China Daily...

Workers tend to vegetables in Yimutian, a 47-hectare farmland located in Chongming island, Shanghai. The farm provides 77 different vegetables to customers. Shi Yingying / China DailyFarmers cut out middlemen with direct sales Jiang Lili hardly goes to supermarkets these days to purchase her vegetab...

The first solar power plant in Shandong began operations in Weishan county in Jining on Jan 9.The one-megawatt solar energy grid-connected PV plant, with an investment of 50 million yuan, will supply power to 1.3 million people annually. It was built by Shandong RealForce Enterprises.With an expecte...