More than 90 percent of public cultural venues in Shanghai
remained open to the public during the Spring Festival, serving
nearly 730,000 visitors, up 47 percent from the same period last
year.
The city's 52 public culture centers and libraries remained open
to citizens, receiving about 315,000 visitors during the Lunar New
Year period, which fell on February 18 to 24.
Shanghai Art Museum, which didn't charge an admission fee for
the first 3 days during the previous Spring Festival, extended its
free service to cover the whole holiday this year. Four exhibitions
were held during the holiday, a real feast for art lovers.
Cultural events featuring New Year's tradition or customs
arranged by public cultural sites were particularly popular among
locals.
The city plans to adopt the opening hours and service quality of
public cultural venues as a main criterion for the performance of
district and county-level cultural bureaus. As well, people working
in public cultural sites will receive training this year to better
serve the public next year.
(CRI.com March 7, 2007)