The Joint Communiqué between the People’s Republic of China and the United States of America symbolizes the beginning of normalization of China-U.S. relations.
The world premiere of “The Tenth Symphony - Peking Opera Fantasia”, a newly composed symphony jointly contracted by Shanghai Philharmonic Orchestra and Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra, was held at the Music Hall of Philadelphia Symphony Orchestra on January 29, 2019.
In 2011, Suzanne Calton, an American living in Pudong, Shanghai, whose mother died of breast cancer, came up with the idea of raising funds and donating them to Shanghai Cancer Rehabilitation Club to help the breast cancer patients rehabilitate and take part in social activities.
In March 1979, Seiji Ozawa led Boston Symphony Orchestra to visit China. It is the first foreign symphony orchestra to perform in China after the establishment of China-U.S. diplomatic relations and the “Cultural Revolution”.
In spring of 1981, Wang Daohan chaired an urban planning meeting of Shanghai, the first such meeting since the founding of PRC. He proposed to develop Pudong area in a planned way. Two years later, Shanghai established the overall goal for Pudong development.
As of 2018, totally 1,400 youngsters from 60 countries and regions, including 60 from Iowa, New York and other places in the United States, have attended the Shanghai International Youth Interactive Friendship Camp.
According to the aviation agreement between the two countries, the maiden flight from China to the United States with a stopover in Shanghai took off on January 7, 1981.
Shanghai Children’s Medical Center is built by the Shanghai Municipal Government and Project HOPE. It began construction in 1990s and opened in 1998.
American Airlines made its maiden flight to Chin in 2006. American Airlines, Delta Airlines and United Airlines all operate regular flights to Shanghai now. Picture shows AA289 maiden flight arrives at Shanghai Pudong International Airport.
The first batch of Coca Cola drinks was shipped from Hong Kong to Beijing and Guangzhou in 1979. Coca Cola becomes the first foreign consumer product that returns to China after the start of reform and opening-up in China.
Since 2013, coordinated by the New Hongqiao International Medical Center, Shanghai Concord Cancer Hospital and MD Anderson Cancer Center have reached an agreement after rounds of communication and negotiations.
