- >Map & Transport
- >Expo Tickets
- >Expo Pavilions
- >Expo Fast Facts
- >Tours around Shanghai
- >Shanghai Guide
- >Tips & FAQ
Basic Information about Shanghai World Expo 2010:
Location: Shanghai, China (The waterfront area between Nanpu Bridge and Lupu Bridge along two sides of Huangpu River.)
Duration: May 1st, 2010--Oct.1st, 2010
Theme: Better City, Better Life
Sub-themes:
- Blending of diverse culture in the city;
- Economic prosperity in the city;
- Innovation of science and technology in the city;
- Remodeling of communications in the city;
- Rural-urban interaction
Participants: 192 countries and 50 international organizations.
Emblem:
The Shanghai expo emblem depicts the three people--you, me and he or she hugging arms and represents the mankind on the earth as a big happy family. This design, shaped like Chinese character "世", embodies the themes of the expo: pursuing a better life for the mankind.
Mascot: Haibao
A plump blue cartoon image with his thumb up, grinned face and a curl of hair has formed the Shanghai mascot—Haibao. Haibao means the treasure of the four seas. This blue little mascot combines elements of earth, dream, sea, future, technology and uses the human as the main originality to convey that human are the builder and the same taster of happy life. As long as the people around the world support each other and maintain a harmonious relationship with the nature and society, the goal--better city, better life will not be distant.