Yang Jian/Shanghai Daily news

The heritage of Shanghai's industries will be celebrated in a special pavilion on the Shanghai World Expo site, paying tribute to the industries and their success as early Expo award winners, writes Yang Jian.

The Shanghai World Expo site was once home to China's most concentrated collection of industries and corporations. The nation's earliest steel corporation, shipyard, cotton factory, tap water factory and coal gas factory, all built between 1900 and the 1920s, were based there.