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Around 50,000 candidates in Shanghai sat for the college entrance exam, or gaokao, on Thursday, one month later than their peers in other parts of China due to a local COVID-19 resurgence this spring.

Concerns are growing that supply cannot keep up with demand for home appliances such as air conditioners and washing machines, due to the global shortage of semiconductors and Shanghai’s Covid-19 lockdowns, which have hampered manufacturers’ production.

Shanghai's roads and subway stations hummed back into life on Wednesday (June 1) as the financial hub ended its strict two-month lockdown.

Shanghai’s municipal government on Sunday announced an action plan to speed up economic recovery to go side by side with its Covid-19 control measures. 


After weeks of lockdown, East China metropolis begins to slowly reopen

The town's Party chief shares the tough fight in the urban villages.

More Shanghai residents living in areas where zero COVID-19 community transmission has been achieved have been permitted limited outdoor activities during the five-day Labor Day holiday after declines in the city's daily tally of new infections.

Global companies in Shanghai work to ensure production amid lockdown

Separated by less than an arm's length, people at a quarantine facility in the Chinese city of Shanghai after testing positive for COVID-19 lie in rows of grey camp beds, suitcases and other belongings strewn next to them.

Shanghai has built over 100 makeshift hospitals for COVID-19 treatment with over 160,000 beds, the Shanghai municipal government said at a press conference on Saturday.

Measures to remain until results of mass testing on Monday are verified, analyzed

Medical workers across China have arrived in Shanghai since Friday to help contain the recent resurgence of COVID-19 cases in the metropolis.