马路菜场入室工程        the project to build indoor food market to accommodate street vegetable vendors

盲流和倒流人员          people who had blindly and reversely migrated from rural areas; transient from the countryside

门前三包                be responsible for general sanitation, green covering and keeping good social order in a designated area outside the unit building

民工潮                  farmers’ frenzied hunt for work in cities

棚户                    shacks; family that live in shacks

全国卫生城市            National Hygienic City

热岛效应                tropical island effect

社会化服务体系        socialized service system; social service system

社区服务                community services

市政工程                municipal works; municipal engineering

县改市                  country upgraded to city

县级市                  country-level city

隐性就业                unregistered employment

隐性失业                recessive unemployment

隐性收入                invisible income; off-payroll income; side money

游乐场过山车            roller coaster

友好城市                sister city

再就业服务中心          re-employment service center

噪声治理                 noise abatement

住房分配货币化进程       capitalization process of housing distribution/allocation

住宅小区                 housing estate

自动柜员机               automatic teller machine (ATM)

自助银行                 self-service bank

最低工资保障制度         minimum wage guarantee system

上海聚焦 Shanghai in Focus

不夜城                   sleepless city; ever-bright city

沧海桑田                 vicissitudes of time; time brings

长江三角洲               the Yangtze River Delta

磁悬浮列车               maglev train (magnetically levitated train); magnetic suspension train metropolis

大都市                   metropolis

东方明珠塔               Oriental Pearl TV Tower

东海之滨的明珠           the pearl on the coast of the East China Sea

高架公路                 elevated highway; overhead road

国际商业、贸易、金融中心 international business, trade and financial center

国际展览局               International Bureau of Exhibitions (BIE)

历史文化名城             a famous historic and cultural city

龙华寺                   Longhua Temple

冒险家的乐园             a paradise of adventurers

内环线高架               the inner ring line overpass

浦东新区                 Pudong New Area

轻轨火车                 light rail train; elevated train

人民广场                 People’s Square

上海合作组织             Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO)

上海五国第六次峰会       the sixth summit of “Shanghai Five”

上海五国机制             the Shanghai Five mechanism

“申博”成功             the successful bid for World Expo

市政府要办的X件实事     x major projects that should be given top priority on the municipal government’s working agenda

投资热点                 a region attractive to investors; a much sought-after piece if hand; a popular investment spot

万国建筑博览——外滩     the Bund-an exhibition of International Architectures

信息港                   info port; cyber port

以上海浦东开发开放为龙头，进一步开放长江沿岸城市   advance the opening of cities along the Yangtze River with the development and opening of the Pudong Area of Shanghai at the core

玉佛寺                   Jade Buddha Temple

豫园                     Yu Yuan Garden

直辖市                   Central Government

租借地                   concessions