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Work has begun on a new aquatic sports complex in Pudong next month that will be bigger and more costly than the Beijing Olympic Water Cube.

The complex, temporarily named the Aquatic Competitive Center, will be built south of World Expo Park in Pudong New Area and is scheduled to open before World Expo 2010. It will cost about 2 billion yuan (US$293 million) and will host the 14th FINA World Championships in 2011, according to Pudong urban planners.