Shanghai Tourism Festival (STF) is held for more than twenty years since 1990. It is a large –scale international event hosted by Shanghai People’s Government of Municipality and undertaken by Shanghai Municipal Tourism Administration. Every year it is held in the middle of September in Shanghai, which opens with a grand parade in the very famous commercial street - Huaihai Road in the night. For
last 27 years, more than 400 foreign art ensembles from United States, Germany, Britain, France, Russia, Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Spain, Italy, Switzerland, Austria, Finland, Lithuania, Poland, Belgium, Netherlands, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria, Slovakia, Greece, Denmark, Latvia, Czech, Brazil, Mexico, Bahamas, Colombia, South Korea, Japan, India, Bangladesh, Thailand, Indonesia, Malaysia and Brunei etc were officially invited to participate in the great event. The festival acts as a perfect event for locals and foreigners to discover the fascination of Chinese culture and history. A number of traditional as well as non traditional entertainment programs held across different venues across the city. Each year, the opening parade lively broadcasted on TV and radio also attracts an audience of over 200 million. Now it has become a major festival for Shanghai local residence and become one of the most influential events in China.