Shanghai Daily news

The Shanghai Agricultural Commission has appealed to locals to buy more mandarin oranges to bail out Chongming farmers, as the present chilly weather threatens to spoil their produce.

Three wholesale centers and three sales centers have been set up in downtown Shanghai for the convenience of buyers. This season, 55,000 tons of mandarin oranges from Chongming County have been sold, which is only 32.5 percent of their total produce, officials said.