Shanghai Daily news

To curb the widespread sale of illegally produced foods during the Spring Festival, which falls on February 9, the district enhanced its supervision of local hot pot restaurants. Eating hot pot is especially popular in China during the winter.

* THE district snared US$2.7 billion in contracted overseas investment last year, registering year-on-year growth of 30 percent. Japan, South Korea and China's Taiwan Province were the biggest investors in the district. The projects mainly concentrated on automobiles, machinery and electronics.