As the shared economy booms in China, shared umbrellas began to appear in Shanghai earlier last week, but they disappeared quickly, Shanghai Morning Post reported last Saturday.

上海晨报》上周六报道，随着共享经济在中国蓬勃发展，共享雨伞于上周初开始在上海出现，但是很快就消失了。

An online post said on May 23 that umbrellas available for public use had been spotted¹ on sidewalk railings near Lujiazui in the Pudong New Area.

网上一个帖子称，5月23日，在浦东新区陆家嘴附近，多把共享雨伞被拍到挂在人行道的栏杆上。

Users were able to rent umbrellas for one yuan per day after scanning a QR code to install an app, completing a registration² process and paying a deposit of 20 yuan, according to the report.

用户需要扫描二维码安装一个APP，在完成注册步骤后，付押金20元，即可租用雨伞，租金为1元/天。

But on May 25, netizens said all the umbrellas had vanished in less than a day.

但是5月25日，有网友表示，所有雨伞在一天内都消失了。

Some of the umbrellas were believed to have been removed by city administrators³, the paper reported.

报该报纸报道，其中一部分的雨伞据说是被城管清理了。

However, a company executive said it received no notice about the shared umbrellas being banned, and would communicate with law enforcement authorities further on the matter, it added.

但是据一位公司高管透露，他们并未收到陆家嘴相关执法部门要求取缔的通知，他们将会与执法部门进一步沟通此事。

Few citizens had taken the opportunity to rent the umbrellas. "As the weather was so good, there was no need to rent an umbrella," said an employee surnamed Wang. "Maybe when it's rainy, they'll be useful."

租用共享雨伞的市民并不多。一位姓王的用户称：“由于天气晴好，没必要打伞。可能到了雨天就用得上了。”

The company said many of its umbrellas went missing due to a lack of GPS devices in them.

该公司还表示，由于没有GPS定位系统，大量的雨伞都丢失了。