Delivery drivers waiting for residents to collect their parcels at a makeshift checkpoint, set up to control the flow of people, at the entrance to a neighbourhood in Shanghai, China. 21 foreign investment projects were signed on Tuesday in Shanghai's Pudong New Area, with a total contract value of over US$1.7bil, according to the local authority. - Bloomberg
The investment will go to a wide range of fields including supply chain management, smart manufacturing, medical supplies and equipment, and assets management, with projects funded by industry-leading players from the United States, Singapore, Britain, Japan and Switzerland, among others.