Tobuildaninternationalcom⁃munitythatprovidesmulti-culturalanddiversifiededucationforinter⁃nationalstudents,YangpuDistricthasinitiateda“ShanghaiYangpuGermanandFrenchSchools”pro⁃graminNewJiangwanTown,whichwillofferqualityeducationre⁃sourcestointernationalstudentsinYangpuDistrictandthesurroundingareasbyestablishing“aninterna⁃tionalschoolattheirdoors.”OnthemorningofDecember3,ShanghaiYangpuGermanSchoolandShang⁃haiYangpuFrenchSchoolbroketheground.

　　TheschoolswillbeopenonSeptember1,2018,providingeduca⁃tionfromkindergartentohighschoolforinternationalstudents,andplan⁃ningtorecruit2,000students.Duringthefirstphase,a35,000m2campuswillbebuilt,inwhichthetwoschoolshavetheirownteachingbuildingsandsharepublicfacilitiessuchasli⁃braryandgym.