SHANGHAI’S riverfront is increasingly being turned into a public recreational ground — and yesterday marine police held a drill on how to save people who had fallen into Huangpu River.

Police said the drill was held to enhance their life-saving skills as the riverfront becomes an ever more popular destination.

At the drill, held near the Expo site and Lupu Bridge, two police officers role-played people who had fallen into the river and four of their colleagues, donned in diving suits, jumped into the water to save them.