Shanghai Exposition 2010 News Update (02)

Shanghai Exposition News

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1. Shanghai Expo to Build Wetland Park to Purify Water
2. Taiwan Pavilion for Shanghai Expo breaks ground
3. Free Shuttle Bus Service For Expo Visitors
## Shanghai Expo to Build Wetland Park to Purify Water Source: http://www.chinatravel.com/china-travel-news/shanghai-expo-to-build-wetland-park-to-purify-water-365.htm Chengdu City, capital of Sichuan Province, will build a wetland park at the 2010 World Expo that uses soil and vegetation to purify rainwater. The 2,680-square-meter park in the Puxi section of the Expo site will be the city's Urban Best Practices Area showcase. The 20 million yuan (US$2.92 million) park can purify about 30 cubic meters of water everyday and the water will be used to flush toilets on the Expo site. The park will be shaped like a fish as Chengdu is known as the "land of fish and rice" due to its rich agricultural resources, said Liu Zong, deputy director of the Chengdu Water Authority. A 200-cubic-meter underground pond will be built to collect rainwater for purification. If it doesn't rain, water from the Huangpu River will be pumped to the pond. Another pump will then send the collected water to terraced fields. The pond water will start at the top of the 2.5-meter terrace and flow down through the 16 fields. The water will be purified as it flows through the fields. The park will also include more than 60 species of plants and trees - some of which will be transplanted from Chengdu - including camphor and ginkgo trees and gardenia flowers. The plants will cover an area of about 1,200 square meters and are chosen for their ability to absorb pollutants in water. They will be planted in different areas to compose a natural purification system, said Lin Nong, chief engineer of the park. Visitors will enter the park from the "mouth" of the fish. They can see how the water changes from dirty to clean, Lin said. The park's "fish tail" will be a fun area. A "piano keyboard" will be built on the ground and when people step on a key, water will spray onto visitors. ## Taiwan Pavilion for Shanghai Expo breaks ground Source: http://www.chinatravel.com/china-travel-news/taiwan-pavilion-for-shanghai-expo-breaks-ground-361.htm The construction of the Taiwan Pavilion for the Shanghai Expo started Monday despite the losses from Typhoon Morakot. The breaking ground of the pavilion should be attributed to the care and support from all the relevant departments although Taiwan is suffering the worst flood in the past five decades, said Wang Chih-Kang, board chairman of Taipei World Trade Center. The center received the invitation to build the pavilion only about three months ago. The construction started quickly thanks to the support from the expo organizers, departments in Taiwan and Taiwan-invested enterprises in the mainland, Wang said. The pavilion is expected to cost 200 million yuan (29 million U.S.dollars) and to be finished in March next year. The pavilion resembles the "sky lantern" or Kong Ming lantern. People fly the lanterns to pray for happiness, safety and health in Taiwan. Morakot wreaked havoc across central and southern Taiwan. At least 126 people were killed and 61 others were still missing by 8 a.m. Monday, according to local disaster response authorities. Another 45 people were injured. ## Free Shuttle Bus Service For Expo Visitors Source:Shanghai Daily Date: 2009-10-11 By go2c There will be more than 100 free shuttle buses provided for visitors from pavilion to pavilion, and ferries will carry them across the Huangpu River to ensure convenient transportation throughout the site of the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai. Visitors will be able to find a shuttle bus station every 300 meters within the 5.28-square-kilometer Expo site, and buses will roll by every three minutes, Huang Jianzhi, deputy director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, told a news conference at the annual meeting of Expo participants. The update session, the last before the Expo begins on May 1, brought together 818 representatives of the 242 countries and organizations taking part in next year's event. The main 14-kilometer-long shuttle bus route will be served by 120 zero-emissions buses that will make stops at an Asian Pavilions Station, China Pavilion Station, Theme Pavilion Station and America Pavilions Station in the Pudong section of the Expo site and a Corporate Pavilions Station in Puxi, or the west side of the Huangpu River. The vehicles will use the Xizang Road S. Tunnel, one of Shanghai's newest cross-river passages and the only one connecting both Expo zones along the Huangpu River, Huang said. There will be a second, 3-kilometer route in Pudong. Thirty buses will pass the Asian countries' pavilions, the Expo Center, the international organizations' pavilions, European pavilions and African pavilions. Visitors will also be able to tour the grounds for a fee on eight-seat, golf cart-like vehicles, Huang said. The charge is still under consideration. The electric tour buses will run on the elevated pedestrian paths that link the pavilions, and on the roads. Visitors can stop and board anywhere on the site. In addition to the buses, 70 ferry boats will take visitors across the river. Three wharves will be set up in Pudong and two in Puxi. Another wharf will be built in Pudong for VIPs. Visitors will be able to take six Metro lines - No. 4, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 13, which is known as the Expo Special Line - to the site, officials pointed out. The organizer will build 19 parking lots near the Expo entrances, with capacity for 4,000 buses and 1,400 cars. An average 400,000 visitors are expected a day, but the number is forecast to double during peaks such as May 1, the opening day of the event, and October 1, National Day and a special day at the China Pavilion. To make entry more convenient, the organizer will advance the opening time by one to two hours from the planned 9am start if substantial numbers of early arrivals are waiting outside. Early entrants will be able to walk around the site, take pictures or just rest until the pavilions open at 9:30am, Huang said. Water and other drinks, lighters and pets will be banned at the entrance, Huang said. The organizer will issue a notice on any other banned articles before the opening of the Expo.