Bilingual city guide app for visitors

"Touch Shanghai" is a bilingual app that offers information about the city's economic development and tourism. It has been downloaded nearly 10,000 times after its debut last week.

The app, developed by the Municipal Government Information Office, has been downloaded by people not only on the mainland, Hong Kong and Taiwan, but also in countries such as the United States, Australia, Britain, Japan, and Canada.

The mobile application is offered free at the App Store for iPads and iPhones. It contains shopping, dining, hotel and traffic information for visitors to Shanghai as well as the city's promotional videos and photos. The application was produced by Shanghai Daily.