Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news

On August 7, Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng focused on ensuring adequate vegetable supplies when he visited local farming areas after the major typhoon hit.
Typhoon Matsa slammed the city last weekend, killing six people and injuring another 30. Up to 70 percent of the 500,000-mu (33,333-hectare) vegetable growing areas citywide were affected.
Han visited a horticultural park in suburban Minhang District, where over 80 percent of the park's area was destroyed.  More than 100 vegetable sheds were blown down and a dozen mu of cowpea plant was ruined.
On seeing farmers clearing up the destroyed vegetables, Han thanked them for their hard work and also that of the park's director Xia Guohai.
He encouraged them to swiftly restore vegetable growing in a bid to ensure local vegetable supplies.
He also required government departments to take appropriate action to source vegetables from outside the city to supplement local supplies.
"Municipal and district governments should provide as much assistance as they can to the affected farmers," he said.
In response, Minhang District leaders decided on the spot to make resources available.