The 2025 Shanghai Science Festival, a two-week celebration of scientific innovation and technological advancement, opened on Saturday with multiple events targeting especially youngsters across the city.

The annual Festival will host nearly 2,000 events on basic and frontier topics, with shows, workshops, and forums. Fifty key laboratories and major scientific facilities will welcome public visitors.

At the opening ceremony on Saturday, some humanoid robots debuted on the red carpet alongside people, symbolizing the harmonious integration of human innovation and artificial intelligence.

The Shanghai Science Festival started in 1991 as China's first government-led and the world's second city-named science festival. It has become a crucial platform for public engagement with science and innovation activities.
Forty-eight science education bases will offer special admission rates in this year's festival.