Fei Lai/Shanghai Daily news

A total of 544 million yuan (US$79.5 million) has been invested in 120 scientific and technological projects for Shanghai World Expo 2010, with almost 30 percent of the technologies already in use on the site.

The figures, released yesterday, show the amount invested by 2007, is 15 percent of the total spent on science and technology at the 2008 Beijing Olympics.