"The six-month event not only stimulated infrastructure construction before the opening of the Expo, but could also stimulate a huge amount of consumption, thus generating new business opportunities and boosting economic growth in Shanghai and neighboring areas," said Jinny Yan, a Shanghai-based economist of Standard Chartered Bank.
The Yangtze River Delta covers east China's prosperous Shanghai Municipality, Jiangsu and Zhejiang Provinces.
Shanghai could take the Expo opportunity to attract more investment, upgrade its export restructuring, boost high-tech products exports and support services trade to become China's main international trade hub, said Yu Zhengsheng, Party chief of Shanghai.
