When you fly into Shanghai, be sure to pick up your free copy of the invaluable 'That's Shanghai', a popular monthly magazine available at many of the best hotels around the city and full of useful information for visitors. Also worth obtaining are a number of additional magazines, such as 'Shanghai Talk', 'City Weekend' and '8days', all of which are full of information about what's currently happening all around the city, including events, concerts and exhibitions of art.To get more news about Shanghai travel tips, you can visit shine news official website.
Foreign newspapers can be obtained from the larger hotels and also from the popular Foreign Languages Bookstore, located at 390 Fuzhou Lu. For access to the web, numerous Internet cafes are scattered around Shanghai city centre, although in most cases you will be required to show your passport. Here are some travel tips about life in Shanghai.
The main travel agencies and 'Service Centres' around Shanghai are able to book flights, train tickets and assist with finding available accommodation. Particularly helpful is the Nanjing Donglu Tourist Office situated along Nanjing Donglu, where metro maps can be found in many different languages.

Locals in the People's Republic of China speak a language known as 'Putonghua', or more simply as 'Chinese' or 'Mandarin', with the local dialect spoken in Shanghai being known locally as 'Shanghainese'.

The actual grammar of Chinese is far simpler than that spoken in Europe, although sentences are constructed in similar ways, with 'subjects', 'verbs' and 'objects'. A pocket-sized Chinese phrasebook is always worth taking with you and can prove invaluable at times.
Visas flying into the People's Republic of China will need to bring with them the relevant visa for their stay. Most standard 30-day Chinese visas can be issued in a matter of days at your local Chinese Embassy, while express visas are both quicker and more expensive. The Shanghai Public Security Bureau (PSB) is located close to the corner of Kunshan Lu and will be able to assist with all passport and visa-related enquiries.
To prevent the possibility of spoiling your trip to Shanghai with diarrhoea or even sickness, never drink the tap water. It is worth considering that tap water may be present in uncooked foods and drinks, such as watered-down fruit drinks, ice cubes or salads. Tap water in Shanghai is only safe to drink after boiling or other effective forms of sterilisation.