Tuesday 28 July 2015 News 3 Editor: Chen Xingjie, Sun Ling 5991-0115 [email protected] TV tells News in Brief the story of • Added value Some old neighborhoods in Jiading Town have had their Jiading in electric bicycle parking areas renovated to add charging sta- tions and fire control systems. 25 parts In the Liyuan No.2 Neighbor- hood, door access systems and Ran Tao and Shen Li exclusive charging stations have been installed. Each sta- A SERIES of documentaries tion will offer nine sockets and about Jiading District is due each charge of six hours will to be completed by the end of cost one yuan (16 US cents). next year. In the event of an electrical Two have already been problem, the equipment will shown on television. automatically shut down. The series will have 25 30- minute episodes and cover the district’s scenery, its outstand- • Park changes ing people and interesting history. One of the three big green The diverse topics to be cov- spaces along the Wusong River ered range from Formula One in Jiangqiao Town has changed motor racing to the district’s its name from Beihongqiao 800-year-old Fahua Pagoda, Binjiang Sport Park to Binjiang said Zhang Yilu, its chief Aite Park. Plans for the area in- director. • Wartime in focus clude exercising areas, public One of the documentaries restrooms, a cafe and parking A girl points out an interesting detail in an old photograph on display in Jiading. An exhibition will tell the story of a newly areas. bereaved woman who has featuring more than 300 historic photos and records was mounted to commemorate the 70th lived in Xidajie Street all her anniversary of the end of World War II. — Wang Anqi life and refused to move away • Pitaya blooms even though the street was to be renovated. Pitaya flowers are in bloom at The widow is only able to Jiading Industrial Park’s Dengta find peace and a feeling of Village. Pitaya flowers open at being at home on the old Police efforts help HK man night and can be cut two hours street, something that modern after pollination without af- buildings are not able to offer fecting the growth of the fruit. her. find his long-lost cousin The flowering season lasts from The film team found it June to mid October and Jiad- difficult to find all the old Fu Jia and Lu Anshi back to visit my hometown, but who refused to cooper- ing residents will soon be able houses and ancient buildings especially to reunite with my ate, so the police could not to enjoy the fruit, known as olice in Jiading that they wanted so they were family,” he wrote. verify if he was the man they dragon fruit in English. District helped Gu forced to adopt second-hand Gu said he had an uncle were looking for. story-telling or even third- Qiaomin, who is in his called Gu Jiaxing in Jiading. Just when hope was fad- hand story-telling, passed 70s, find his cousin • Healthier pools P At first, Wu Yan, the police ing, another search found down from generation to after 45 years of separation. officer in charge of the case, an old man whose surname generation, and may have lost They received a letter from Jiading health authorities have some accuracy in the telling. Gu in Hong Kong on March could not find anyone with is Lu. launched inspections and ran- The team invited experts to 25, requesting to trace his that name at first. The police visited the dom tests at swimming pools review the stories to keep the family. Later, Wu thought Gu village where Lu lives and in Jiading. Inspectors checked stories in line with reality. Gu, a Jiading native, was might have forgotten the verified that he was Gu’s health permits, water circula- Jiading TV Station officials assigned to work in Hong exact names of his family cousin. tion and disinfection measures hope that people will learn Kong after graduation from members so she did a search Lu gave his contact number as well as water quality. The re- more about the history and university in the 1970s and of similar names. to the police who later passed sults show that the swimming culture of Jiading once the gradually lost contact with This time, they found a it to Gu. Shortly after that, Gu pools are becoming cleaner complete series is aired. his family. “I want to go man that matched the name and the cousin were reunited. than before. Very few swim- ming pools showed chlorine content exceeding standards, water renewal logs incomplete Read all about it as library or other problems. hosts clubs conference • Revenue rises Jiading District’s fiscal rev- enue rose 10.1 percent year Tang Min and Shen Li clubs. Two clubs also brought on year to 51.4 billion yuan books to host a salon and fam- Jiading Library hosted a con- (US$8.28 billion) in the first half ily event. ference involving more than of 2015. The district saw its fis- Visitors talked with club 30 readers’ clubs in Shanghai cal revenue expand 11.4 percent members about books they to 11.59 billion yuan from the where members shared their liked and some scanned bar previous year, completing 61.7 reading experiences and other codes to listen to audio record- percent of its target set at the matters of interest with Jiad- ings of book readings. beginning of the year. The tax ing residents mid this month. Xiao Yongjun, a founding revenue from January to June The conference attracted member of one of the clubs increased to 11.26 billion, up about 500 people including penned a few poetic lines: “Be- 11.4 percent year on year while club organizers, ordinary cause the Yuanxiang Reader’s the non-tax income reached citizens and public library Club is founded at the side of 334.72 million yuan, a year- workers. Yuanxiang Lake, Yuanxiang on-year rise of 11.9 percent. Conference organizers became the club’s footprint • Dresses on display Citywide in Shanghai, Jiading’s invited founders and key of her life. Since it’s embraced local fiscal income was next to members from clubs such by the books, fragrance of A staff member of Jiading Museum arranges a qipao for an Pudong New Area and Minhang as Si’Nan Readers’ Club and printing ink has fostered her exhibition featuring Chinese women’s traditional dresses. A District in total volume but Magic Reading to share their unique temperament…” total of 51 qipao are on display, including 17 that date back ranked ninth in growth rate. understanding and experi- Xiao said these lines repre- more than 100 years. The show will continue until August The rise in revenue benefited ences in reading as well as the sented his experiences in this 24, during which Chinese button making events are held from steady growth and im- special features of different readers’ club. every Saturday for children. — Li Huacheng proved industrial structures.