Senior Chinese leader asks Shanghai to upgrade growth pattern

Senior Chinese leader asks Shanghai to upgrade growth pattern
In a working tour in Shanghai, Jia, chairmanugg classic tallof the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, said the city should use the upcoming World Expo as augg cardy"historical chance" to readjust its growth model and strive for stable and relatively fast economic growth.
The city on Thursdayuggs bootsheld the 100-day countdown for the six-month-long mega event.
Jia stressed the importance ofugg classic cardyindustrial upgrading, brand marketing, research and development during visits to a shipbuilding factory of the China State Shipbuildingchina honeymoon toursCorporation and the Shanghai Zhenhua Port Machinery Co. Ltd..
He was upbeat about technologicalchina coach toursinnovation adopted in the building of a bridge-tunnel project linking Shanghai with Chongming Island, China's third largest island located in the estuary of the Yangtze River.
The 25.5-kilometer project, includingtour operators in chinaa 8.9-kilometer tunnel that boasts the world's largest diameter of its kind, and a 16.6-kilometer bridge, was open to traffic in October last year. Jia said the project well demonstratedugghow self-developed technology had been used to boost economic growth and social development.
In a visit to a bird sanctuary andugg on salea national forest park on Chongming Island, Jia also stressed the importance of sustainable development through more tree-plantingugg shoesefforts, resource and energy saving, and the development of low-carbon economy.