Over 90 percent of the stores and eateries at Yuyuan Garden Malls have reopened for business. Despite the COVID-19 pandemic, the malls are expected to welcome an increasing number of visitors during the three-day Qingming Festival holiday, which starts on Saturday.

All inbound passengers from overseas arriving in Shanghai will be required to undergo 14-day quarantine for medical observation at designated spots from Saturday, the city's coronavirus disease prevention and control authorities announced on Friday night.

More than 390 Shanghainese took hop-on and hop-off bus on Thursday to visit the city’s iconic attractions despite the rain.

Songjiang District in suburban Shanghai, which can be easily accessed by Metro Line 9, is often described as the “root of Shanghai” that boasts a history of some 7,000 years.

Parks are a great place to get refreshed, recharged and inspired. They detoxify anyone who come for refuge among the green woods, often times, in the sunset glow with the lazy stray cat snoozing on the bench.

Shanghai's tourist attractions and parks received an influx of visitors over the weekend, with some reaching their maximum capacity. Parks across the city received about 427,500 visits on Saturday, a high since they began reopening on March 13.

Shanghai Museum announced on Thursday that it will reopen to the public from Friday. The museum, like nearly all other museums and art institutions in the city, has been closed since the novel coronavirus outbreak.

Shanghai Culture and Tourism Administration issued a notice on March 15, allowing group tours within the city, while a ban remains in effect on cross-province or cross-city tours amid the coronavirus disease outbreak.