Shanghai spruces up ahead of import expo
WITH just 100 days until the start of the China International Import Expo, officials and many others across Shanghai are rolling up their sleeves to prepare for the event. Here’s a look at some of the behind-the-scenes work being done to make this widely-anticipated trade gala a success.
Restaurants for groups like Muslims and vegetarians will also be established at the center, along with an area specially for Shanghainese food.
The construction of exhibition booths is said to be ecological-friendly and will obey the “six R’s”: respect, renew, reuse, recycle, reduce and remember. prepare for the first import expo, the authority said.
Staff with the airport authority, airlines and customs inspection yesterday pledged to offer the most efficient and high quality services to customers during the expo period.
The Hongqiao transport hub and the convention center are among the key areas to welcome and serve participants to the expo, said Fei Xiaomei, deputy director with the management committee of the Hongqiao Central Business District.
“The service sector within the area, especially the airport, must train their staff again and optimize their procedures to present a great impression to the visitors and participants,” Fei said.
Three large vertical flowerbeds in People’s Square, Lujiazui and the Bund will be installed in honor of the China International Import Expo, the Shanghai Greenery and Public Sanitation Bureau said yesterday.
Red and yellow, the colors of the Chinese flag, will also be featured in plant decorations during the expo.
About 290,000 square meters of green spaces, along with more than 70 flowerbeds and flower landscapes, will be added around the National Exhibition and Convention Center, the bureau added.
The renovation of 1.4 million square meters of greenery, and the arrangement of more than 8,400 flowers and about 2,500 square meters of vertical plants around the center are also on the agenda, said the bureau.
The bureau will focus on 16 major tasks for the expo. These include cleaning, facility maintenance, landscape upgrades and public sanitation management around the Hongqiao Business District and Lujiazui, as well as hotels, major streets, airports and railway stations.
In addition, building, street-side and riverine lighting around the convention center will also be improved, according to the scheme.