Green Environment

With blue skys, green grass, clean rivers, and thick forests Minhang is an enviormentalists safe-haven. 

Not only does Minhang District have a forest coverage of nearly 40% it also has a per capita public green area that reaches 15.4 square meters, which is 4 square meters more than the downtown of the city. Thus making Minhang District the "lung of Shanghai." 

The air quality in Minhang is superb. There are more than 2,400 rivers in the district and water covers 9% of the area.

This district is  the only district in Shanghai which has been awarded for excellence in National Ecological District, National Model City of Environmental Protection and National Garden City as well as China Model of Ideal Living Environment.