Shanghai Expo to Build Wetland Park to Purify Water

Date: 2009-8-30 22:59:00 by shyoto Tags: Expo Shanghai Expo Shanghai Chengdu Expo Site

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 eve

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Taiwan Pavilion for Shanghai Expo breaks ground

Date: 2009-8-18 21:31:00 by shyoto Tags: Expo 2010 Shanghai Expo Taiwan Pavilion Shanghai Expo

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.

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