Share CLOSE Residents enjoy leisure along Suzhou Creek's recently renovated banks. Shanghai's five-year "River and Creek" project has turned the banks of the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek into urban-leisure spaces. [Photo by Gao Erqiang/China Daily] The banks of the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek are being transformed from dull industrial zones into colorful leisure areas, Xing Yi reports in Shanghai. The completion of a 42-kilometer waterfront pedestrian path along Suzhou Creek in Shanghai in December marked another milestone in the ambitious redevelopment project of the banks of the Huangpu River and Suzhou Creek in the city. The aim of the "River and Creek" project, which started five years ago, involves adding more greenery to the landscape, renovating historical buildings and industrial structures, tearing down walls and constructing new bridges to connect public spaces along the river.