Shanghai promises new green policies

SHANGHAI: The city is rolling out a three-year action plan for environment protection as the city is determined to present a cleaner city to participants of 2010 World Expo, Mayor Han Zheng said on Sunday.

In the plan, to be announced soon, the government will inject about $10 billion into environmental protection over three years from next year, Han said when meeting his international consultants, mainly CEOs of large companies.

"We have made the decision that the investment in environment protection will not be lower than 3 percent of GDP generated in the year," the mayor said.