World Expo

The World Expo 2010 in Shanghai  will be the largest Expo ever held (four times bigger than the previous World Expo in Japan) and it is expected to attract some 70 million visitors when it opens on 1st May 2010.

It will run until the 31st October 2010, during which period more than 200 nations and international organisations will present interpretations of the official Expo theme: Better City, Better Life.

Thousands more commercial and cultural organisations will be involved, all reaching out to forge new trading and cultural relationships and helping to make the Expo the biggest business fair the world has ever known.

The Expo site straddles the Huangpu River with good links to provide access to pavilions on both sides of the river.

Shanghai is already one of China’s economic powerhouses and the Expo is also conveniently situated near the Jiangsu and Zheijang provinces, two of China’s wealthiest and most industrious regional economies.