THE Pudong New Area is to build a huge green space — bigger than the whole of Huangpu District. Most of the space will be devoted to gardens and farmland.

Planning had been approved by the city government, the Pudong New Area government said. No cost or completion date has yet been announced.

The ecological space will run along Dazhi River, sited between S2 Expressway and G1501 Ring Expressway, to the south of Huinan and Xuanqiao towns.