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| (Source: China Daily) |
BEIJING, July 16 (Xinhuanet) -- It's hot and getting hotter. Shi Jing explores what pavilions and organizers are doing to keep the temperatures down.
Weather forecasters are predicting the wet weather that Shanghai has endured the last few weeks will soon end. But with the end of the humid rainy season, will come the stifling and sometimes unbearable heat, which could cause problems for visitors at the Expo 2010 Shanghai.
Officials at the Expo Garden have, and are still, coming up with solutions to the high temperatures, while pavilions have introduced innovative ways to keep visitors cool.
As temperatures reached 35 C in June, the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination responded by utilizing sunshades and misting fans. According to Hong Hao, director of the coordination office, 12,000 sunshades have been installed throughout the Expo Garden. There are also more electric fans and ice cream vendors in the Expo Garden.
The coordination office even started providing paper fans to visitors. Refreshing traditional Chinese food that is much favored during summer time, such as the sweet mung bean soup, will probably be provided in the Expo Garden soon, said Ding Hao, deputy director of the coordination office.
While the coordination office is taking further measures to confront the heat, some pavilions have won praise from visitors because designers already planned for the high temperatures by providing fans that blow pleasant breezes and are environmentally friendly.
