Heading towards the main event in November, Hamburg ecobuild-Team visited Shanghai for further preparation
   
  Meetings with relevant partners as Shanghai Construction Commission and Expo Committee were on the agenda
   
  Joachim Malecki, First Construction Director of the City of Hamburg, and Peter Friemert, General Manager of ZEBAU Hamburg, visited Shanghai from July 18th to July 24th. In meetings with the ecobuild project partner, the Shanghai Construction Commission, the status of the participating projects was reviewed. Mr. Sun Jianping, Vice Chairman of the Construction Commission, welcomed the developments in the frame of the ecobuild shanghai 2006. “With the World Expo Shanghai 2010 in sight, ecobuild presents concrete visions for a better city”, he stated, mentioning the nine participating projects that will present their energy efficiency during the exhibition in November.
   
  That ecobuild and the participating projects will be acting as reference for the World Expo Shanghai 2010 was again confirmed during several meetings with Expo officials, including meeting with Mr. Huang Jiangzhi, Vice Director for Development and Construction. It was pointed out by the Shanghai side that ecobuild and its projects acts in line with the preparation of the Expo and that the network of ecobuild will be valuable with its expertise and experience.
   
 
  Joachim Malecki and Mr. Huang Jianzhi
   
  On invitation of the Suzhou Government, Prof. Malecki and the ecobuild-team visited Suzhou to get informed about actual ecological building projects. The Mayor of Suzhou, Ms. Tan Ying, welcomed the delegation and discussed the idea of involving some Suzhou-projects in ecobuild.
   
 
  Joachim Malecki and vice Mayor Tan Ying
   
  The day after the delegation attended the opening of an energy saving exhibition at the Shanghai Energy Conservation Supervision Center, meeting with the Vice Mayor of Shanghai, Mr. Hu Yanzhao.
   
  On the last evening, Sun Weimin, Director of the Department Europe/Africa of the Foreign Affairs Office of the City of Shanghai, invited the delegation for dinner and was happy to receive an update on the progress of ecobuild. Being held in the year of the 20st anniversary of the sister city partnership of Hamburg and Shanghai, ecobuild is a great contribution to the exchange program of the two cities. Director Sun therefore thanked the ecobuild-team for their great efforts.
   
  The next official visit of Prof. Malecki is to be expected from September 18 to September 24.
   
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