Typhoon Bebinca made landfall in Shanghai and Zhejiang Province on Monday morning, prompting highway closures, bus suspensions, ship evacuations, and extensive emergency measures across the region.
According to the municipal meteorological authorities, Typhoon Bebinca is the most powerful typhoon to hit Shanghai in decades.
On Sunday night, four district-level meteorological observatories in Shanghai elevated the orange alert to a red alert for Typhoon Bebinca, the 13th this year, as its intensity was estimated to be a strong typhoon.
In response, local authorities closed all highways across the city, reduced speed limits on urban expressways and overpasses to 40 km per hour, and suspended operations of ferris wheels at coastal resorts and bus operations in some areas.
More than 414,000 residents have been evacuated to safety and 810-plus ships have returned to ports.
Furthermore, the city's two airports, Shanghai Pudong International Airport and Hongqiao Airport, have canceled all flights after 20:00 on Sunday.
Over 2,500 rescue teams, comprising 56,000-strong troubleshooters, are on standby for emergency response.
In neighboring Zhejiang Province, the typhoon has unleashed high gales and rainstorms along the coastline.
In the city of Zhoushan, the maritime affairs department has installed warning signs to advise all tourists and residents to stay clear of the coast areas. In addition, public security personnel were required to conduct round-the-clock patrols until the typhoon's intensity subsides.
Typhoon Bebinca lands in east China, triggering emergency measures
Typhoon Bebinca lands in east China, triggering emergency measures
Typhoon Bebinca lands in east China, shutting down highways, buses, tourists' attractions
The nine cities of Guangdong Province in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area (GBA) saw their foreign trade surpass 9 trillion yuan (about 1.29 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, hitting a record high.
The nine GBA mainland cities recorded imports and exports totaling 9.15 trillion yuan (about 1.31 trillion U.S. dollars) in 2025, a year-on-year increase of 4.7 percent, according to statistics from the Guangdong branch of the General Administration of Customs of China (GACC)
This value accounted for 20.1 percent of the national total and contributed over one-fourth of the country's total foreign trade growth.
Last year, the nine cities' exports reached 5.83 trillion yuan (about 836 billion U.S. dollars), growing by 2.7 percent, while imports hit 3.32 trillion yuan (about 476 billion U.S. dollars), up by 8.5 percent.
During the 14th Five-Year Plan period (2021-2025), both imports and exports in the nine cities increased, with an average annual growth rate of 6.2 percent.
The number of enterprises with import and export records in the nine cities exceeded 150,000, a record high.
Among them, private enterprises numbered 139,700, with a total import and export value of 5.87 trillion yuan (about 842 billion U.S. dollars), both setting historical records, up by 20.3 percent and 5.3 percent respectively.
Mechanical and electrical products accounted for nearly 70 percent of the total export value of the nine cities last year, reaching 4.07 trillion yuan (about 584 billion U.S. dollars), up 7.6 percent.
Among them, the traditional electronics manufacturing sector maintained a solid advantage.
Exports of electronic components, electrical equipment, computers and their parts grew steadily by 20.1 percent, 17 percent, and 9.7 percent, respectively.
Emerging industries developed rapidly, with exports of intelligent and green products such as the "new trio" (electric vehicles, lithium-ion batteries, photovoltaic products), 3D printers, and drones increasing by over 30 percent, specifically by 31.2 percent, 37.1 percent, and 40.8 percent, respectively.
In 2025, mechanical and electrical products accounted for 72.2 percent of the total import value across the nine cities, rising 12.2 percent to 2.39 trillion yuan (about 343 billion U.S. dollars).
Notably, imports of components and equipment for industrial production -- such as integrated circuits, computers and their parts, and semiconductor manufacturing equipment -- grew relatively fast, by 15.4 percent, 19.4 percent, and 33.1 percent, respectively.
During the same period, imports of consumer goods related to people's livelihood, including dairy products, aquatic products, grain, and edible vegetable oil, saw strong increase, rising by 20.5 percent, 21.5 percent, 22.5 percent, and 54.4 percent, respectively.
The GBA consists of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR), the Macao Special Administrative Region (Macao SAR), as well as nine cities in Guangdong Province, namely Guangzhou, Shenzhen, Zhuhai, Foshan, Huizhou, Dongguan, Zhongshan, Jiangmen and Zhaoqing.
Greater Bay Area's nine Chinese mainland cities set foreign trade record in 2025
