
A man waits for his wife to hand over to him vegetables from their garden in the village of Zhaohang, a rural part of Shanghai where the new Disney theme park is approved to be built, November 4, 2009. The Shanghai government said on Wednesday that it is in detailed talks to build a world-class Disney theme park in the Pudong district of Shanghai, after getting the nod from the central government in late October. Walt Disney Co also said it had received approval from the Chinese government for the project.

A local man rows his boat as he fishes in a stream in the village of Zhaohang, a rural part of Shanghai where the new Disney theme park is approved to be built, November 4, 2009.

A local woman picks vegetables from her land as other farmers burn old straw to clear the land in the village of Qigan, a rural area where the new Disney theme park of Shanghai is approved to be built, November 4, 2009.

A local woman pushes a pram with two babies as she walks home over a field in the village of Qigan, a rural area where the new Disney theme park of Shanghai is approved to be built, November 4, 2009.

A local woman walks with her working tool in a street in the village of Qigan, a rural area where the new Disney theme park of Shanghai is approved to be built, November 4, 2009.

A local man picks vegetables from his land in the village of Qigan, a rural area where the new Disney theme park of Shanghai is approved to be built, November 4, 2009.

Local women collect dry straw left from the last harvest in a field in the village of Qigan, a rural area where the new Disney theme park of Shanghai is approved to be built, November 4, 2009.

A local woman walks past a platform with sundried fruits in the village of Qigan, a rural area where the new Disney theme park of Shanghai is approved to be built, November 4, 2009.