Can fireworks be set off in Shanghai?

Legal analysis: According to relevant regulations, fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited in the area within the outer ring road of Shanghai. Fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited in Shanghai during the heavily polluted weather. Where large-scale fireworks display activities such as fireworks parties are held, the organizer shall apply to the municipal or district/county public security department in accordance with the law, and obtain a fireworks display license, which shall be set off by the fireworks business unit that meets the conditions stipulated in the industry standard.

Legal basis: Regulations of Shanghai Municipality on the Safety Management of Fireworks and Firecrackers.

Fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited in areas within the twentieth outer ring road.

It is forbidden to set off fireworks and firecrackers in the following places outside the outer ring road:

(a) the location of the state organ;

(2) cultural relics protection units;

(3) Transportation hubs such as stations, docks and airports, rail transit facilities and railway line safety protection zones;

(four) the production, operation and storage units of inflammable and explosive dangerous goods;

(five) power transmission and transformation, gas, fuel and other energy facilities in the safety protection zone;

(6) Medical institutions, kindergartens, schools and institutions for the aged;

(seven) shopping malls, bazaars, public cultural facilities, places for religious activities and other crowded places;

(eight) other areas and places designated and announced by the district and county people's governments.

Warning signs shall be set up in places where fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited, and safety tips and precautions shall be made.

Twenty-first heavy pollution during the weather, the city will prohibit the discharge of fireworks.

The municipal environmental protection and meteorological departments shall timely release the forecast information of heavy pollution weather through the news media to remind the public that fireworks and firecrackers are prohibited during this period.

Twenty-second held fireworks evening and other large-scale fireworks display activities, the organizer shall apply to the municipal or district/county public security department in accordance with the law, and obtain a fireworks display license, which shall be set off by the fireworks business unit that meets the requirements of industry standards.

Twenty-third fireworks shall meet the following safety requirements:

(a) fireworks and firecrackers that are not allowed to operate in this Municipality shall not be set off;

(two) shall not be set off in buildings and structures, or throw fireworks from the balcony and window;

(3) Do not throw fireworks and firecrackers at retail outlets, pedestrians, vehicles, buildings, structures, construction sites, trees, rivers, public green spaces, manholes, etc. ;

(four) shall not affect the road traffic safety;

(five) shall not use other means to endanger public safety and personal and property safety.