City goes greener for expo
Greenery on columns supporting an elevated road
Roads are cleaned outside the National Exhibition and Convention Center.
Visitors to the China International Import Expo will be helped sort their trash at nearly 80 disposal spots inside the National Exhibition and Convention Center in Qingpu District, Shanghai's greenery authorities announced on Friday, the 10-day countdown to the event.
Nearly 4,000 garbage bins are in place at the center, together with 6,000 garbage-sorting signs, the Shanghai Greenery and Public Sanitation Bureau said.
Twelve short-distance vehicles, two vehicles for wet trash and four for dry will be used to ensure the smooth removal of garbage during the event, the bureau said.
Around 50 public sanitation vehicles and 266 sanitation workers will keep areas around the center clean, the bureau said.
All environment-related tasks in preparation for the event have been completed, it said.
These involved signage irregularities, random parking of non-motorized vehicles and river course environment, the bureau said.
In Qingpu, Minhang and Changning districts near the expo venue, 672,485 square meters of greenery have been added while there are 119 new or renovated toilets.
The environment of more than 600 river courses has been improved.
Flower displays have been created, and lights on architecture along the Huangpu River have been renovated. More than 2,000 illegal outdoor signboards have been dismantled, and 807 irregularities related to street vendors, posting of ads, and parking have been cleared, according to the bureau.
Patrols are to be stepped up at hotels near the venue, important commercial areas, traffic hubs and tourist attractions in the next phase, the bureau said.
Landscape lights on an elevated road.
Flowers decorate an elevated road.
