Shanghai Daily news

A member of the city's top advisory body has made an impassioned plea to the city government to save an 82-year-old nursery garden from disappearing under new buildings.

Huang Qi, who sits on the plenary meeting of the Shanghai Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, told yesterday's session that the garden, near Hongqiao Metro Station, should not have been sold to developers who plan to build 30 high-rises on the site.