Shanghai's first wetland park has scrapped its free entry policy and will begin to charge visitors starting from September 1, a local newspaper reported yesterday, Shanghai Daily reported.

The Wusong Battery Wetland Forest Park in Baoshan District, where the Yangtze River empties into the sea, will start to charge a five-yuan (66 US cents) entry fee for adults, the Shanghai Morning Post reported.

(Shanghai Daily August 28, 2007)