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Poll for Expo Harmony tower

Shanghai World Expo Land Holding Co Ltd today launched a poll for the "Expo Harmony Tower," which will be renovated from a chimney at an old power plant at the Expo site.

"We would like to let people know about this project through the survey, and as the construction company, we would like to enhance the openness and public participation for this key project," said an official with Shanghai World Expo Land Holding Co Ltd.

Questions in the poll include: is it meaningful to renovate the chimney, is Expo Harmony Tower a suitable name, or have you seen such a structure before?

The 165-meter chimney, built in 1985, at the Puxi side of the Expo site along the Huangpu River in the Nanshi Power Plant, will be transformed into a 201-meter-tall Expo Harmony Tower.

Tracks and cars similar to a roller coaster will wrap around the tower and take people to the top for a view of the Expo site and the city.

The 110-year old Nanshi Power Plant, closed in September last year, was the oldest power plant in China.

The poll for Expo Harmony Tower (in Chinese)

 

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