Shanghai honored as national garden city
( 2004-02-03 14:34) (Xinhua)
Shanghai was conferred on
Feb. 2 the title of "National Garden City" by the Ministry of Construction for
environmental improvements over the last two years.
Construction Minister Wang Guangtao and Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng attended the
award ceremony here.
In the 1990s, Shanghai began to focus urban construction efforts on
ecological improvements and proposed in 2001 to become a "garden city".
The city plans to plant 1,800 hectares of trees, grass and other plants in
2004, so as to increase its greenery coverage to 36 percent, with an average of
10 square meters of green lands per resident.
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