Shanghai hopes to inspire with new video ad

SHANGHAI - This city announced plans to shoot a new promotional ad two days after a short film promoting Suzhou began to screen in New York's Times Square in early December.

The move adds Shanghai to the list of major Chinese cities such as Beijing and Chengdu that advertise their attractions abroad, follow-ups to the national public diplomacy campaign that coincided with President Hu Jintao's visit to the United States in January.

Tian Fei, who works in the information office of the Shanghai government, is in charge of the new project. She said that channels for distributing the new video have not been confirmed yet as the office has not yet received the budget from the local government.