Shanghai World Expo 2010
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The World Expo is a large-scale, global, non-commercial Expo. The hosting of the World Expo must be applied for by a country and approved by the international World Expo committee. Expo aims to promote the exchange of ideas and development of the world economy, culture, science and technology, to allow exhibitors to publicise and display their achievements and improve international relationships. Accordingly, the World Expo with its 150-year history is regarded as the Olympic Games of the economy, science and technology.
Brief Introduction
World Expositions are galleries of human inspirations and thoughts. Since 1851 when the Great Exhibition of Industries of All Nations was held in London, the World Expositions have attained increasing prominence as grand events for economic, scientific, technological and cultural exchanges, serving as an important platform for displaying historical experience, exchanging innovative ideas, demonstrating esprit de corps and looking to the future.
With a long civilisation, China favours international exchange and loves world peace. China owes its successful bid for the World Exposition in 2010 to the international community's support for and confidence in its reform and opening-up. The Exposition will be the first registered World Exposition in a developing country, which gives expression to the expectations the world's people place on China's future development.
Theme and Emblem
Theme - Better City, Better Life
The city is a crystallisation of human civilisation. Just as the American social philosopher Lewis Mumford put it,"the city is a special structure which, fine and compact, has been designed to preserve the fruits of human civilisation." Many Western languages have derived their versions of the term "civilisation" from the same Latin word "civitas"(meaning "city" ), and it is by no means a coincidence. By virtue of its embracing and regenerating nature, the city has played a significant role in the perfection of order in human society.
In 1800, only 2 percent of the global population lived in cities, but by 1950, the figure had risen to 29 percent, and by 2000, almost half the world population had moved into cities. The United Nations estimates the urban population will account for 55 percent of the total human population by 2010. Despite all its glories, there is no denying that the city today, because of high-density living patterns, faces a series of challenges, such as spatial conflicts, cultural collisions, resource shortages and environment degeneration. Without effective controls, the unchecked expansion of cities will aggravate these problems and consequently erode the quality of urban life.
Emblem
The emblem, depicting the image of three people-you, me, him/her holding hands together, symbolizes the big family of mankind. Inspired by the shape of the Chinese character (meaning the world), the design conveys the organizer's wish to host an Expo which is of global scale and which showcases the diversified urban cultures of the world.
Expo Planning and Organizing
The Shanghai World Expo Organising Committee was founded by the Chinese Government in 2004 as the leading organisation to host the Shanghai World Expo in 2010.
The Shanghai World Expo Executive Committee is the organisation responsible for the specific works set out by the Organising Committee and the Bureau of the Shanghai World Expo Coordination is responsible for the day-to-day work of the Executive Committee.
The Expo General Deputy of the Chinese Government is responsible for direct international liaison with World Expo.
By the end of 2008, more than 183 countries and 45 international organizations are comfirmed to anticipate in 2010 Shanghai World Expo. There will be the largest scale of World Expo in Shanghai China.
