The service center also organizes community activities during Chinese and Western festivals, inviting Chinese and foreign residents to take part as a way to better integrate expats.

"Things have become much easier now. Previously, we had to line up for a long time to get the temporary residence permit, but now we can get it straightaway," said Carl Hinze in an interview with Shanghai Television over the weekend.

"This is a very fantastic idea to have such service. Many expats need help when they first arrive in the city because they don't understand Chinese," said Jacqueline Dawn Faulkner from the UK, who has been in Shanghai for more than three years.

She said language is a big hurdle for expats in the city. "Life in Shanghai is quite good. But sometimes I still feel some inconvenience, even though I have been here for years and I can speak a little bit of Chinese," she said. "And it will be more beneficial if such service stations opened in more communities."

There are more than 200,000 foreign residents in Shanghai.

Questions:

1. What opened in Shanghai's Pudong New Area?

2. What will the Foreign Affairs Service Station do for expats?

3. What area of Shanghai is it in?

Answers:

1.A service center catering to foreign residents in the city.

2.Provide temporary residence permits and guidance on daily life and work.

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