Shanghai Expo: 56 million people in three days, which is less than expected before
Expo 56.5 million park opened three days of admission, a daily average of less than 200,000 less than the previously estimated 40 million people daily during the World Expo half. World Expo Bureau analysis, for two reasons stop “51″ crowd: one is hot. Secondly, the “51″ is the holiday for three days, visitors may be concerned that more people get together and leave some day tickets purchased at the peak of people just avoid watching again.
Shanghai bus ticket is much higher than Beijing bus ticket
People from Beijing can not adopt to the Shanghai traffic. The least price for underground is three yuan, in the past, it was 2 yuan; after changing several lines, we have spent more than seven or eight yuan. It is not to mention the bus, most buses need two yuan. For the longer distance, we shall spend more money.
However, in Beijing, the least price for bus ticket is 4 jiao. Moreover, the underground needs 2 yuan, and you could sit everywhere and change many times. So the cost for public transport in Shanghai is so higher than Beijing.
Therefore, during the Shanghai Expo, we hope the government will input more money in public transport and lower the bus ticket as well as the underground fee.
Shanghai sees further recovery in foreign trade last month
News on January 17: China’s economic hub Shanghai in December posted the first year-on-year growth in both imports and exports in 14 months, indicating further recovery from the economic downturn, local customs said Sunday.
Last month, Shanghai’s foreign trade stood at 30.7 billion U.S. dollars, a growth of 35.3 percent over the same month of 2008. This was the second year-on-year growth of foreign trade in two consecutive months in the city, the sources said.
Exports in particular, which stood at 15.21 billion U.S. dollars, reported the first year-on-year growth of 23.5 percent since November 2008, while imports surged 49.5 percent, up from the 26.7 percent growth rate in the previous month.
Last month saw the city’s trade with the European Union, the United States and Japan up 15.4 percent, 36.8 percent and 19.8 percent, respectively.
However, Shanghai’s foreign trade in total last year went down 13.8 percent from 2008 to 277.73 billion U.S. dollars due to the economic crisis effect. The total included 141.91 billion dollars in exports, down 16.2 percent, and 135.82 billion dollars in imports, down 11.1 percent.
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