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Countdown: 568 days to go www.expo2010china.com Newsletter No.9 October 10 2008 Giant horns catch sunlight CONSTRUCTION began at the end of last month on the most difficult part of the Expo Boule- vard, which officials hope will become one of the highlights of World China. Several steel structures were erected on September 26 above the foundation of what will become a three-level boulevard and one of the gateways to the Expo Park. These structures will together form the so-called “Sunny Valley” that features six inverted horns with their colossal bases pointing skyward, each covering an area of about two basketball courts. These horn structures will disperse sunshine into the underground level of the one- kilometer-long boulevard, said Ding Hao, Deputy Director- General of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination. Wu Xinzhi, chief engineer of Above: one of the six the Shanghai Mechanized ‘Sunny valley’ along the Construction Company, which is Expo Boulevard. in charge of the project, said it is Left: the bird’s eye view the most difficult part of the of the Expo Boulevard. boulevard construction because each piece needs to be measured to the micrometer. Deputy Secretary of the Traffic Engineers from China and Department under the Expo Germany have spent about six Coordination Bureau. months designing this boulevard, “The Expo Shanghai lasts for which is expected to be finished in half a year. Strict measures of 2009. traffic control will unavoidably In related news, only Expo affect local people’s daily life and shuttle buses and accredited the economic development of the vehicles will be allowed to pass city,” the official said. through areas surrounding the meters of the Expo sites from 8am plans for vehicle parking control The city’s traffic department is Expo sites during rush hours when to 7pm, according to a traffic within 3 kilometers of the Expo working on increasing public the event is under way, officials control plan drafted by Tongji sites. transportation such as shuttle said. University’s School of Transporta- “We’re trying to minimize the buses to the Expo sites to reduce Personal vehicles and taxis will tion Engineering. impact of traffic control on local inconveniences caused to local be banned from areas within 500 The school is also working on residents,” said Chen Wugao, residents. Expo Fact So far 223 countries and international organizations have confirmed their participation. 2 www.expo2010china.com Newsletter No. 9, October 10 2008

In Brief Expo fever spreads Piers being built for Expo ferries CONSTRUCTION has begun on the first ferry pier in the Shanghai across World Expo Park. Ferries will be one of the major modes of transport for A TOURING exhibition designed Shanghai during Expo from May spare no efforts in preparing its World Expo 2010. The 4,363- to give people in Taiwan a taste of 1 to October 31 in 2010. They exhibits in the Urban Best square-meter No. 4 pier will be built the World Expo 2010 Shanghai also expect more Taiwan-based Practices Area. on the former site of the wrapped up recently in Taipei. enterprises to participate in the Taipei will present two of the 59 Steel Corp in the Pudong New Area. The road show, held at an outlet opportunities created by the event. UBPA practices — “Wireless The Expo Park will have six such of the Eslite Bookstore, one of Shanghai Executive Vice Taipei, Taipei Infinity” and “Total piers extending 5.7 kilometers along Taiwan’s largest bookstore chains, Mayor Yang Xiong said that the Recyling, Zero Landfill.” the , to ferry visitors featured artist’s renditions of a Organizer was convinced the The Expo exhibition was from Puxi. number of Expo pavilions. Expo would serve as a new reported by nearly 60 media A short digital film helped platform of friendship and outlets. CtiTV, a major local TV Work as usual dur- visitors to learn about a wealth of cooperation between the main- channel, aired a one-hour special Expo-related knowledge by a land and Taiwan. program about the opportunities ing long holiday virtual journey to the Expo site in Taipei Mayor Hau Lung-bin and changes the Expo would ABOUT 97,600 construction Shanghai. said the exhibition would help create in Shanghai. Major Taiwan workers continued their jobs The Organizer expects some Taiwanese get a better understand- newspapers also gave big coverage during the week-long National Taiwan residents will visit ing of the Expo and the city would on the 2010 event. Day holiday to ensure work is on schedule for the Expo 2010. More than 5,100 workers are on schedule in building a new Hongqiao transportation hub; the Yangtze River Tunnel and Bridge Project is moving ahead; and the drilling for a vehicle tunnel along is expected to be completed in November; and the renovation of Waibaidu Bridge on near the Bund will be finished next February. Cooperation with UK industries SHANGHAI is willing to conduct close cooperation with the Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the United Kingdom’s largest business organization, Shanghai Mayor Han Zheng said at a meeting with CBI President Martin Broughton on September 24. CBI members are keen participants of Expo 2010, said Broughton. He also expressed hope the event would further Taiwan visitors check a model of the China Pavilion at an Expo exhibition held in Taipei. facilitate trade exchanges between Shanghai and British enterprises. What is Expo Online? Closer regional cooperation HOW to confirm participation intellectual property rights. The contract signing. THE Second Shanghai Expo and in Expo Online? form will become valid after being Countries and organizations Yangtze River Delta Cooperation signed by the Commissioner-Gen- which recently confirmed their par- Forum was held in Ningbo, Participation in Expo Online can be eral. ticipation in Expo Online include Zhejiang Province, on September confirmed in one step by submitting The Expo Online confirmation Nicaragua and Iceland. So far, seven 25, to enhance cooperation during the Expo Online confirmation form. form usually is signed together with countries have confirmed to build Expo 2010, which is expected to The form asks for the participant’s the Expo 2010 participation con- online experience pavilions, while push the tourism industry and the basic information, style of the pavil- tract. The participant can also sub- 44 counties have confirmed to build economy of the whole delta ion, theme and scheme, costs, and mit the confirmation form after the online browsing pavilions. region. Expo Fact Expo Online features “Browsing Pavilion” and “Experiencing Pavilion”. Newsletter No. 9, October 10 2008 www.expo2010china.com 3 Home, sweet home, was never quite this sweet

REMEMBER how the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics was a closely guarded secret, finally unveiled to gasps of amazement? Planners and builders of the Expo 2010 Eco-House also have secrets galore up their green- techno sleeves and people are going to have to wait until Expo Shanghai opens on May 1, 2010. Construction began on the house in Puxi on September 10. It is one of China’s contributions to the Expo’s Urban Best Practices Area which will feature 59 extraordinary urban projects from around the world. “Detailed information on the Clockwise from top left: The Eco-House case is still a secret,” original “Green House;’’ street said Wang Wei, deputy director of lamps using solar and wind the Shanghai Research Institute of power; geothermal heating for Building Sciences. He is also the moderate indoor temperature; a chief designer of the original two- central control panel; curtains story “Green House” in Minhang with automatic control. District — the sustainable inspiration for this project. The Shanghai Eco-House will not simply be a larger “Green House,” but “Green House” ideas will be in- corporated. The “Green House,’’ the first of its kind in China, was built in 2004 in the Xinzhuang Industrial Zone. It’s nestled in trees and greenery to provide natural cooling, but the roof- How the green dream house works top angled solar panels are clearly visible so they can be adjusted for 1. Street lamps around the Green House use solar 4. Most equipment and appliances are linked to optimal energy absorption. and wind power. After a three-hour charging can the house’s central control system in the living The aim of designers is to achieve keep the lights run for more than three days. A room. The system is connected to the Internet, so zero consumption of nonrenewable single lamp can save about 1,000 yuan (US$147) the house can be controlled through the Net or 3G energy inside the house, said Tao in electricity bill every year. mobile phones. Activities in the house can be Fangfang of the Shanghai Research 2. Waste water from the hand basin is stored in monitored off-site with mounted videocams. Institute of Building Sciences. the toilet water tank for flushing. 5. The geothermal heating network within the About 70 percent of the construc- 3. Curtains and blinds have remote control, walls is comprised of small water pipes with the tion materials, including bricks and adjusted to different angles to control the amount ends drilled deep into the earth to tap geothermal concrete, were made from waste of sunshine admitted. A garden awning can be energy. In the summer, the water keeps the coal ash and stones. extended or retracted so the host can have a cup temperature in the house cool. In the winter, the Plants help cool the building and of coffee outside whatever the weather. pipes are warmed by geothermal energy. skylights filter the sun. Its heat exploitation network uses thermal and other renewable energy tricity in a battery, which causes your computer. The Expo Eco- McGraw-Hill Construction. and keeps the house cool in sum- pollution. House will be far more advanced He called the Eco-House a great mer and warm in winter. All aspects are eco-friendly and “including more high technologies advance for China’s construction The house’s electricity network is no toxic materials are used in fur- than the Green House.” industry. “But the question is how linked to the East China Grid, so that nishings. The highlight is the intel- “Shanghai’s Eco-House will be a to promote it on a larger scale, to it can send surplus electricity to the ligent control system, the brain that fascinating case,” said Harvey M. take it from a demonstration on ex- national grid. It doesn’t store elec- controls everything and is linked to Bernstern, vice president of hibit to reality.” Expo Fact The Expo Boulevard will serve as a transportation and commercial hub. 4 www.expo2010china.com Newsletter No. 9, October 10 2008

Latest Expo Your Say Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd contract signings

Ethiopia Signing date: September 14 Theme: “Mixed Heritage of the City” The country will use the Africa Joint Pavilion to show its urban develop- ment and civilization and the “core of intelligence” over the centuries. Above: Australian Congo Prime Minister Kevin Rudd. Signing date: September 17 Left: An artist’s Theme: “Harmonious Life impression of how in Modernization” the Australian Pavilion will look at The Republic of Congo will Expo 2010. display a modern African city in harmony with surrounding villages, the country’s rich natural resources, heritages and modern development. Building on a long

Slovenia Signing date: September 20 history of friendship Theme: “Integration of Diversity” THE World Expo 2010 Shanghai performances by contemporary Australia’s largest trading partner The country will present China will be the largest in history Australian artists. and is a growing source of tourists, how it integrates various and present a tremendous Australia and China have a long overseas students and inwards peoples and cultures while opportunity for Australia to history of friendship, exchange and investment. allowing them to live further strengthen bilateral ties people-to-people links. After English, Our objective at Expo Shanghai together harmoniously. Its with China. Chinese (Mandarin and Cantonese) is not only to showcase to China exhibition will interpret the The Australian Government is is now the most commonly spoken the many facts of Australia’s investing in a striking, attractive language in Australia. economy and culture. We also “integration” from the angle national pavilion in Shanghai — Existing ties between our want to make a significant of the country’s beautiful a pavilion with the capacity to countries are already very strong, contribution to the Expo theme of landscape and scenery. welcome the seven million and the potential of our bilateral “Better City, Better Life.” visitors we expect over the six- relationship is great. At a political I am looking forward to the Nicaragua months of the Expo. Visitors to level, Australia and China continue opportunity to take part in this Signing date: our pavilion will be able to to build a strong partnership, based historic event, and would like to September 24 experience and enjoy all on close cooperation in diverse extend a warm invitation to our The country will showcase aspects of Australian life through areas, including climate change. Chinese friends to visit the its urban features and cutting-edge exhibits and Economically, China is now Australia pavilion in 2010. culture in the Africa Joint Pavilion. Brazilian showcase Benin PORTO Alegre, capital of the Bureau of Shanghai Signing date: Brazilian state of Rio Grande do World Expo Coordination September 28 Sul, will showcase its efforts at The country will showcase improving social welfare and Contact us: its culture, architecture, arts eliminating injustice in its Tel: +86-21-2206-2010 and handicraft on one of exhibition at the Urban Best Fax: +86-21-2206-0670 the subtopics of the Practices Area. The exhibition will Email: [email protected] Shanghai Expo, the illustrate how the city is improv- Address: 3588 Pudong Road S. Shanghai 200125, China interaction between urban ing its government efficiency and and rural areas. promoting democracy.

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