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Shanghai to Develop Man-made Peninsula
China's largest coastal city Shanghai will develop a man-made peninsula, which is to hit 38.7 square kilometers, along its northeastern coastline, as is reported by Chinadaily.
According to a deal signed in Shanghai on Thursday, a 30-kilometer long dam will be constructed 10 kilometers away from land at Wusong's minor 5 meters isobath beach and land will be reclaimed within.
The 1.08 billion yuan (US$130 million) project was designed by the Shanghai Man-Made Peninsula Construction Development Io. Ltv. and the Shangshi Housing Development Group.
The marine-reclamation-land undertaking, which begins from Shipile Port in the north and ends at Huijiao in the south, will be completed in three phases.
The first phase will make 15,000 mu (1,000 hectares) by leveling up the sea, while the second-stage of 25,000 mu (1,670 hectares) which will be finished by June, 2001.
The last phase, to be finished by June 2002, will usher in a land of 13,000 mu (870 hectares) to add to the beauty of metropolitan city of Shanghai.
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