The cultural and tourism development of the five new local towns isin the fast lane.

Shanghai aims to develop the new towns in Jiading, Qingpu, Songjiang, Fengxian and Nanhui as “independent and comprehensive node cities.”

Yesterday, the Shanghai Administration of Culture and Tourism and the Administration of the Lingang Special Area of China (Shanghai) Pilot Free Trade Zone signed a strategic cooperation agreement to boost the cultural and tourism development of Nanhui New Town.

Under the agreement inked at the opening ceremony of the Shanghai Citizens Art Festival, new tourism modes in the new town will be cultivated, and its tourism and ecological resources will be integrated.

The city’s cultural and tourism administration has signed cooperation with governments of Jiading and Fengxian districts on the development of cultural and tourism landmarks, and the supply of public culture facilities among other things.