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Shanghai Wild Animal
Park : Shanghai Wild Animal Park is 35-km
away from downtown. The zoo is arranged according
to the natural living habits of the wild animals
and built with a natural environment imitating
the origin of the animals. The animals are mainly
kept free in the zoo accompanied by scattered
feeding and enclosed feeding. There are about
10,000 heads of 200 species of precious and rare
animals found in different places in the world.
The zoo is divided into the herbivorous free-grazing
area, the carnivorous free-keeping area, the flamingo
area, the scattered-keeping area, the waterfowl
lake and the rare and precious animal enclosed-keeping
area. There is also a birds'
garden, a butterfly garden and a children's pet
zoo. Visitors are entertained with performances
by sea lions and some other animals. The zoo is
partitioned into two major zones of visit in cars
and visit on foot. It offers visitors knowledge,
entertainment and interest at one time.
The Oriental Pearl Tv
Tower 
: The Fubo Hill stands solitarily in the northeast
of the city,with half of it in the Li River.On
the eastern side of the hill are a winding corridor
facing the river,a teahouse and a "Tingtao
(Listening to the Waves)Pavilion" built along
the cliff of the hill. On the west side,a flight
of stone steps leads to the Kuishui Pavilion which
is half way up the hill,and then to the top.At
the foot of the hill are the "Pearl-returning
Cave"and "A Thousand Buddhas Cave".In
the "Pearl-returning Cave",there hangs
from the ceiling a rock which nearly touches the
ground.
Legend has it that once a general name Fu Po tested
his sword by cutting what was originally a stone
pillar and has left a crevice at the bottom ever
since then.In the "One Thousand Buddhas Cave",there
are in fact 200 Buddhas statues.Because of the
beautiful sight and its peculiar caves,the hill
is praised highly as "Fu Po Resort".
Shanghai International
Convention Center 
: Shanghai International Convention Center is
located in the southwest of the Oriental Pearl
TV Tower in Pudong. It covers an area of 45,000-sq.m.
with a landscaped square of 30,000-sq.m. Its total
floor space is 110,000-sq.m. It consists of several
modernized halls: a 42,000-sq.m. multi-functional
hall, able to accommodate 3,000 diners for banquet
and 4,000 attendants for meetings, and serve as
an exhibition hall, a 25,000-sq.m. exhibition
hall, a 11,000-sq.m. underground exhibition hall,
an 800 seat-capacity meeting room, two 200 seating
capacity meeting rooms, 20 meeting rooms of different
sizes, accommodating 50 or 100 people. There are
259 guest rooms, including presidential suites,
executive suites, standard rooms, Chinese and
Western restaurants, a coffee room, a nightclub,
a show room, a gym, a swimming pool, a bowling
room, a billiard room, a sauna bath and a shopping
arcade. The underground parking lot can accommodate
600 cars. Shanghai International Convention Center
was opened for business in August 1999. The '99
Fortune Global Forum was held here.
Sightseeing Tunnel at
the Bund : The tunnel extends from the
foot of the Oriental Pearl TV Tower in Lujiazui,
Pudong, to the Bund at Nanjing Road, East, beside
the statue of Chen Yi, with a total length of
646.7-m, an external diameter of 7.48-m and an
internal diameter of 6.67-m. It is scheduled to
be completed by the end of this year and opened
to the public in the second quarter next year.
There are 4 levels at the exits. Passengers crossing
the river may take the escalator up to the platform
and the handicapped can use the elevator. Passengers
travel in the tunnel in unmanned, towed and sealed
cars of the '90 up-to-date design. It takes only
2.5-5 min. to cross the river. The maximum transport
capacity is 5,280 person/times per hour. The tunnel
adopts modern hi-tech means to display in the
empty space all kinds of patterns and scenes,
showing human figures, history, culture, technology
and scenic spots with background music. A trip
across the river in the tunnel will be full of
interest, amusement and excitement, leaving deep
impression in tourists' memory.
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