Jane Chen / Shanghai Daily news

Shanghai's greenspaces have increased to 10 square meters per capita, according to a January 11 government green work meeting.
Also from the meeting, the city has met its goal of providing a large green park of over 3,000 square meters for every 500 meters within the downtown area.
Government data indicates that Shanghai constructed 19 million square meters of greenery last year, equivalent to the total area of 20 Shanghai Botanical Parks.  Twelve million square meters of this greenery are public green spaces, including 12 parks of more-than-3,000-squre-meters.
This year, the municipal government plans to continue its efforts and add 21 million square meters of greenery with 10 million square meters for public spaces.  As a result, the local per-capita green space is expected to be more than 11 square meters by the end of 2005.