Shanghai's largest wetland
forest park in
the city has opened to the public at Paotaiwan in Wusong area of
Baoshan District.
With a two-kilometer waterfront along the Yangtze River and
about 50 hectares of wetlands, the forest park will be open every
day between 5am and 7pm. Entrance costs five yuan (66 US
cents).
The park is part of ambitious plans to redevelop Baoshan's
riverside parks where the Huangpu River meets the Yangtze,
officials revealed yesterday.
Over the next few years, 285 hectares with a riverside of 8.5
kilometers will be developed into a recreation and entertainment
complex, turning historic factories into museums and
restaurants.
"We want to build the area into an entertainment complex
featuring both water and history," Chen Youhua, a senior engineer
of Shanghai Urban Planning Administrative Bureau, said
yesterday.
Bureau officials are selecting candidate designs for the entire
area. It is expected that a blueprint will be completed by the end
of October.
According to a preliminary plan, Linjiang Park will be expanded
and a batch of ferry stations will be built to berth pleasure
boats. The city also plans to build signature sculptures along the
waterfront of the Yangtze River.
Most buildings of the century-old Shanghai No. 8 Textile Factory
will be kept and redesigned into restaurants a museums, and
heritage homes, stores and teahouses will also be saved.
(Shanghai Daily September 3, 2007)
