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The stage setting shows a cold world and a Paris shrouded in ice. Artists wear fancy down jackets, the stage blending the luster of ice with bright and cheerful colors.

The Lantern Festival, the 15th day of the first month of the Chinese lunar calendar, falls on Feb. 5 this year. Various activities were held at Yuyuan Garden to welcome the upcoming festival.

Under the plan, composed of 32 policies and measures, the megacity in east China will fully implement preferential policies on taxes and fees, including the purchase tax exemption for new-energy vehicles.

A total of 52 painting pieces by renowned European artists, such as Raphael, Titian, Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Constable, Monet, and Van Gogh, will be exhibited in Shanghai until May 7.

China's financial hub Shanghai expects to notch a year-on-year gross domestic product (GDP) growth of over 5.5 percent this year, according to a government work report delivered by the city's mayor, Gong Zheng, on Wednesday.