"For Singapore, one of the major ways to prevent flooding is to try and reduce the 'speed' of the rainfall," said Tan Ying Hao, senior manager at the Catchment &Waterways Department of the Public Utilities Board, under the Singaporean Government. "This means extending the time it takes for a raindrop to fall from the sky to the ground. The key words here are 'interception' and 'infiltration'."
Shanghai, on China's east coast, is mulling introducing its own "sponge city" standards that could effectively manage a flood or drought, and it is expected that the infrastructure standards for the drainage and storage of rainwater will be formulated by 2020, according to Gu Jinshan, director of the Shanghai Municipal Commission of Housing and Urban-Rural Development.
The first pilot site for a "sponge city" project in Guangzhou, the capital of Guangdong province, started on July 2. The project, located in the Tianhe district, involves transforming a lake into a wetland park. The move is expected to reduce the volume of stormwater in the city by about 180,000 cubic meters every time a heavy storm occurs.
Beijing has upgraded its anti-flooding facilities by clearing rivers and storm channels and expanding pumping capacities in flood-prone underpasses.
Policy recommendations will be forwarded to G20 gathering; forum provides a platform for Chinese entrepreneurs' voices
Hangzhou resident Ruan Xiuhua can scarcely fathom the changes that have occurred in the area where she used to live.
A town in Hangzhou, Zhejiang province, targeted to become a hub for hedge funds and other financial institutions, aims to manage capital totaling 2 trillion yuan ($300 billion) in two years.
Zhu Yiting is eagerly awaiting the announcement of the final list of volunteers for the G20 Leaders Summit, which will be held in Hangzhou on Sept 4 and 5.
"No premarital sex. That was the education or social principle that I received in my childhood," said Zhu Guizhen, a retired primary school teacher in Kunming, the capital of the southwestern province of Yunnan.
China was once known as the "Bicycle Kingdom", before two wheels were dethroned by four. Now a young US citizen living in Beijing is using his ingenuity and pieces of bamboo to restore the sovereignty of the humble bike.
Yu Zhu started to learn piano when she was 4 and her enthusiasm for music stayed with her all the way from high school to university. Her parents thought there could be no better choice of career for her than a piano teacher or musician.
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