SHANGHAI - Expo Garden visitors who lose belongings can retrieve them at a new lost-and-found without purchasing another ticket if they have already left the grounds.

The center, which operates from 7 am until midnight, opened last week in the Garden's No 19 car park.

The quantity of lost belongings has been growing with the number of visitors. Not only are more people losing items, but also, the record-breaking length of lines and overall crowdedness have been making exhausted tourists increasingly careless. More than 3,000 items had been found by June 1.