Across China: Shanghai

Top food show

The 10th session of SIAL China, one of Asia's top food shows, will be held between May 19 and 21 at the Shanghai New International Expo Centre. Around 30,000 domestic and international buyers and agents will attend the expo, said the organizer, Exposium-Sial Exhibition Co Ltd. Taiwanese businesses, 40 in total, also plan to join the expo for the first time. Last year over 1,100 enterprises from 58 countries and regions took part in the expo, an increase of 17 percent over 2007.

Silt treatment

Shanghai will start work on a major silt treatment facility in 2010, the Shanghai Urban Construction Investment and Development Corp. (Shanghai Chengtou) announced on Apr 13. The project, which will be the largest silt treatment facility in Asia, will be located in Heqing Township in the Pudong New Area. Major construction work is due to be completed at the end of this year, according to Shanghai Chengtou, the sponsor of the project. The facility will cost 680 million yuan, with a designed daily treatment capacity of 204 tons of dehydrated silt. The silt will be removed from 2 million cubic meters of sewage to be treated daily by the neighboring Bailonggang Sewage Treatment Factory. After treatment the silt can be used in gardens and landfills.

(China Daily 04/27/2009 page5)