Under the leadership of Shanghai Municipal Committee of CPC and Shanghai Municipal Government, sticking to the scientific developmental principle and executing the policy of “Putting people foremost and handling environment first”, great efforts were made to resolve the most pressing and practical environmental problems, which the people were most concerned about, to enhance social harmony.? While “Saving energy and reducing pollutants discharge” was the core task, the readjustment, optimization and escalation of industrial structure were sped up and the pace of urban infrastructure construction was quickened.? Implementing the Three-year Action Program for Environmental Protection round by round, the process of building an ecological city has been pushed forward in an all-round way.? With welcoming the World Expo as an opportunity, preparations were made to lay a solid foundation for creating a resources-saving and environmental-friendly society to make Shanghai a National Environmental Model City.