Typhoon Danas, the fourth typhoon of the year, has weakened to a tropical depression over Ningde City of east China's Fujian Province at 09:00 on Wednesday, according to China's meteorological authorities.
After weakening, Danas is forecast to move west-southwest at a speed of 15 to 20 kilometers per hour, with its strength continuing to diminish.
The country's National Meteorological Center (NMC) lifted the blue typhoon alert at 10:00 Wednesday.
China has a four-tier, color-coded weather warning system, with red representing the most severe warning, followed by orange, yellow and blue.
Although the typhoon warning has been cleared, heavy rainfall is still expected in parts of southern China. The NMC maintained the yellow alert for rainstorms on Wednesday.
The flood control headquarters of Fujian terminated the typhoon emergency response earlier Wednesday, while maintaining an emergency response for flood control.
On the premise of ensuring safety, coastal areas in Fujian are resuming production in an orderly manner in accordance with local conditions, and maritime transport has gradually resumed operations.
According to the local meteorological observatory, most parts of Fujian are expected to see heavy to torrential rain later on Wednesday, with extremely heavy downpours in some areas.
Typhoon Danas made its third landfall in east China's Zhejiang Province late on Tuesday, followed its initial landfall in Taiwan early on Monday, and second landfall in Dongtou District of Wenzhou, also in Zhejiang, at 21:25 Tuesday.
Typhoon Danas weakens to tropical depression over east China's Fujian, heavy rainfall expected in southern China
The number of temporary accommodation registrations of foreign nationals in Shanghai hit a record high of 7.139 million in 2025, up 49.6 percent from the previous year, the Exit-Entry Administration Corps of the Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau said at a press briefing on Thursday.
The figure, which had already doubled in 2024, points to a continued rise in the number of foreign nationals visiting and staying in the city, highlighting the metropolis's growing appeal to international visitors.
Shanghai also issued more than 200,000 visas and residence permits to foreigners for the second consecutive year in 2025.
Long-term permits, including residence permits, accounted for a share 10 percentage points higher than the previous year, reflecting growing demand for extended stays.
Officials said the increase mirrors Shanghai's expanding openness and improving services for foreign visitors and residents.
"In 2025, Shanghai processed 7.139 million temporary accommodation registrations for foreigners. Following a doubling from the year before last, the figure rose by another 49.6 percent year on year, marking a historical high in the number of foreign nationals coming to Shanghai," said Song Weiqi, deputy head of the administration corps.
Accommodation registrations are required for foreigners staying in China. In 2025, 94.7 percent of temporary accommodation registrations were handled directly by hotels, resulting in a convenient check-in process.
Among foreigners residing in Shanghai's residential communities, 84.8 percent opted for online self-reporting via a multilingual platform that offers efficient, flexible registration.
Meanwhile, to ease the surge in passport applications for foreign travel ahead of the upcoming Chinese New Year holiday in mid-February, the administration corps announced plans to extend service hours for residents.
Shanghai hits a record-high 7.14 million expat accommodation registrations in 2025
