City to add 200 kilometers more greenway

Hu Min
Authorities announce a major expansion of Shanghai's green space which will include key projects at Suzhou Creek and the Puxi section of the Outer Ring Road.
Hu Min
City to add 200 kilometers more greenway
Ti Gong

The Dianpu River and Xinjinggang area greenery in Minhang District.

City to add 200 kilometers more greenway
Ti Gong

Visitors enjoy a day out at the Dianpu River and Xinjinggang area greenery area in Minhang District.

Shanghai will have another 200 kilometers of greenway by the end of this year, bringing the total length in the city to more than 1,000 kilometers, greenery authorities announced on Tuesday.

The key projects this year are the Suzhou Creek greenway and the Puxi section of the Outer Ring Road greenway, the Shanghai Greenery and Public Sanitation Bureau said.

Greenways are paths meant for leisure and exercise amidst trees, flowers, water and other natural resources. These include paths in gardens and forests, as well as along rivers and roads, according to the bureau.

By the end of last year, the city had 881 kilometers of greenway.

Shanghai will add another 50 urban parks by the end of this year, bringing the total to 400.

It has 195 pocket parks so far, and that figure will grow to more than 200 by the end of 2020, with pocket parks featuring colorful autumn foliage on Hengshan Road and Gao'an Road, and under Nanpu Bridge on the agenda.

"We hope to make Shanghai a 'city in parks,' and residents will see flowers when they open windows and greenway when they walk out," said Deng Jianping, director of the bureau.

By the end of next year, the city will have eight new open forest lands, each totaling 1,000 mu (66 hectares), according to the bureau. A variety of plants will be introduced.

Shanghai's forest coverage will hit 19.5 percent by the end of 2025, when the city will have 1,000 parks in total, according to the bureau.

The city's forest coverage will reach 18.2 percent this year, from 17.6 percent last year.

City to add 200 kilometers more greenway
Ti Gong

Shanghai is set to become an even greener city. 


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