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Countdown: 383 days to go www.expo2010china.com Newsletter No. 21, April 13, 2009 Media service center in business THE Expo Organizer has opened a media service center for journalists at the Expo headquarters in . The 2,800-square- meter center has a 500-seat press room with facilities for simultaneous translation and a newsroom equipped with computers and broadband Workers install the glass roof on six horn-shaped “sunny valley” structures over Expo access. There are also small Boulevard, the main gateway to the Expo Site, connecting the subway station with main rooms for interviews. pavilions. The glass panels can collect rainwater and draw sunlight to underground levels. The Organizer has invit- ed 50 Chinese and foreign journalists to inspect the media center and offer their Five main venues feedback. During , the premises will be turned into a registration center for journalists and the media all taking shape center will be located in the Expo Center near the China Pavilion. BUILDERS have finished struc- theatrical performance effects. and solutions to urban problems. About 100 journalists can tural work on five primary Expo The 126,000-square-meter cen- It is expected be completed by buildings — the China Pavilion, ter is scheduled to be operational September. work simultaneously in the Theme Pavilions, Expo Center, by the end of this year. The Expo Center, the main center’s main newsroom. Expo Performance Center and The iconic China Pavilion is in venue for hosting ceremonies, Local journalists can also Expo Boulevard. the installation and interior dec- forums and conventions, is use the facility as their per- Designed in a seashell shape, oration phase and will host the also in the interior decoration manent bases. the Performance Center has a exhibition, “Crown of the East,” phase. The 142,000-square- Some Expo staff will work main theater that can be adapted toward the end of the year. meter building will also house at the media center to handle to accommodate 4,000 to 18,000 The Theme Pavilions, the Expo operation and media interview applications by seats, according to need. 129,000 square meters in floor center. journalists from around the The stage will have state- space, will highlight the Expo The Expo Boulevard, the main world. of-the-art prop and lighting 2010 theme, “Better City, Bet- gateway to the site, is scheduled equipment to deliver superb ter Life” and display innovations for completion by October. Expo Fact To date, 234 countries and international organizations have confi rmed their participation in Expo 2010. 2 Newsletter No. 21, April 13, 2009 Xinhua signs Expo deal In Brief

XINHUA News Agency has participants and journalists. more visitors to Expo 2010. Tickets sold in HK, signed an agreement with the Xinhua will do its best to pro- The agency will dispatch a team Expo Organizer to be its mote Expo Shanghai around the of reporters to cover events and Macau and Taiwan official news service authorized to world and contribute to a success- news stories during Expo 2010. TICKETS to Expo 2010 went on send Expo-related reports around ful Expo, said Lu Wei, the news It will provide news updates and sale in Taiwan on April 6 after the world. agency’s deputy director. feature reports to newspapers, sales began in Hong Kong on April It will file stories in Chinese, Zhong Yanqun, Full-time radio and television stations, and 2 and Macau on April 3. Organiza- English, French, Spanish, Russian, Deputy Director of World Expo Internet news portals. Xinhua will tions, institutions and businesses Arabic, Portuguese and Japanese. Shanghai 2010 Executive Com- also cooperate with the Organizer can make group bookings through The State-owned news agency mittee, said she believed Xinhua’s in promotion campaigns for the China Travel Services in Taiwan, w i l l a l s o s u p p l y i n f o r m a t i o n t o E x p o news service would help attract world fair. Hong Kong and Macau. Macau’s New Sintra Tours is also an agent. Regular tickets will cost US$23.40 MediaCorp an and early birds get a discount. event partner Imports arrive SINGAPORE’S MediaCorp has THE first batch of materials from been appointed an official media foreign Expo participants to build partner for Expo Shanghai. Me- pavilions was shipped to Shanghai diaCorp’s more than 20 channels on April 1. Japan sent two trees around the world, including Chan- to the city’s Waigaoqiao Wharf to nel NewsAsia, will broadcast the be planted in or outside its pavil- 2010 world fair. ion. The Shanghai Customs has It will also broadcast a weekly opened a green channel for Expo infotainment program, called materials. Participants who build Expo Connections, from May and pavilions need to import or buy assist the Organizer in a program their own construction material. featuring Singaporean and Shang- hai entertainers. Plant revived Blooming lovely THE Nanshi Water Plant began a Shanghai Daily Crowds packed the flower trial run on April 1 and will supply show at the Shanghai water to the Expo Site beginning on cell phones Botanical Gardens during in August. Built in 1902, the plant used to supply water for the SUBSCRIBERS to Shanghai Dai- the Qingming Festival on city’s downtown area. Shanghai ly’s mobile newspaper can keep April 4-6. This year’s show Chengtou Corporation spent 1.1 themselves up to date with news features Expo-themed flower billion yuan (US$161 million) on of Expo 2010. The mobile edition arrangement and sculptures renovating it to boost its daily sup- is designed for foreigners and bi- with more than 3,000 varieties ply to 700,000 cubic meters. The lingual Chinese readers. of flowers on display. “Home of Haibao” and “The first-phase renovation will allow To subscribe, Shanghai Mobile Volunteers” are among works the plant to pump 500,000 cubic users can send a text message to drawing the most attention. meters of water a day. 10658258; Shanghai Telecom The show, to end on May E-Surfing users can send a text 10, also presents soil free Confidence high message to 10628666; and Shang- cultivation to be widely used in hai Unicom users can send a text the city’s Expo decorations. A SURVEY of 2,714 Shanghai res- message to 106286662. idents, including some expatriates, has found that an overwhelming Expo Online majority of local people are confi- dent of China’s capability to host a splendid and successful Expo. The Virtual venue support keeps growing survey by the Shanghai Quality ITALY, Malaysia, Romania, Tur- They will build “experiencing “walk around” the 3D pavilions, Association found that 94 percent key, Singapore, Honduras, the pavilions” and 16 cities will show play games, chat with pavilion of the respondents believe Expo Republic of Korea, Finland, Bo- online their models of Urban Best chiefs, and even plan a city of the 2010 will be a great success. About livia, Germany, Georgia, Spain, Practice. future. half of those surveyed said they Argentina, Sweden and Austria Their virtual pavilions, en- Detailed information about planned to visit the Expo, and 31.1 are the latest countries to join in livened by multimedia and 3D Expo Online is available at http:// percent of foreign respondents Expo Shanghai Online, bringing technology, can offer browsers in- www.expo2010.cn/czsw/wssbh/ currently in the city wanted to see the number of participants to 171. teractive experiences. Visitors can index.htm. the Expo.

Expo Fact The Expo Site lies along the mainly between the Nanpu and Lupu bridges. Newsletter No. 21, April 13, 2009 3 Local homes keen to host visitors Visitors to Shanghai Shanghai residents Expo next year can take English enjoy a special treat lessons and other training that few get to experi- courses as ence. Some of the part of their preparation to city’s senior residents host overseas will invite visitors from visitors during Expo 2010. overseas to their homes for a taste of life here. Yang Jian looks down the long- tang (lanes).

YE Huizhen, 66, lives alone in her Shanghai daily life. These fami- Ye Huizhen, 20-square-meter home in a 1930s lies are natural “pavilions” outside 66, tends lane house. As she walks, the the Expo Site, quipped one Expo goldfish in her mottled wooden floor creaks, and organizer. lane house. there’s a pleasant smell from her According to the community’s Her home has rosewood furniture. An electric “Expo Family Plan,” foreign been selected fan hangs from the ceiling — just guests will be invited to one of as one of the like the ones in movies about old these homes in the morning. The 35 Expo host Shanghai. A sewing machine sits hosts will take them to nearby venues in the silently in a corner, reminding Jing’an Park for morning exercises city’s Jing’an people of its popularity among and then to the market to shop for District. Shanghai homes decades ago. food. After that they will cook and It is a typical home in Shang- have lunch together. hai’s old quarters and it is here that In the afternoon, they will It will cost a foreign visitor 100 Ye, a retired worker from a Ye will undertake a special task teach foreign guests how to make yuan (US$14.62) to stay with a Shanghai watch factory, thinks — to host foreign visitors during dumplings and speak the Shang- family for one day; 30 yuan just the project will enrich her life: “I Expo 2010. hai dialect, or take them outside to to have tea with a host; or 20 yuan am looking forward to the Expo,” The neighborhood around the play the longtang games, such as for a tour of the old lanes and his- she said. downtown Jing’an Temple has 35 hoop rolling and shuttlecock. toric houses. Ye’s neighbors will also host volunteer host families, mostly Young volunteers, mostly Individuals can book by phone visitors. Gao Yunxi and his wife retired couples, who want to high school students, will act as (86-21-62480071) or email looked after overseas visitors dur- help foreign visitors experience interpreters. ([email protected]). ing the 2007 Special Olympics. Jing’an offers host family program

FOREIGN tourists will be shadow boxing, shopping in Foreigners can also pay 20 able to experience typical a local wet market, meals yuan per person for a tour of Shanghai life through a host with the host family, lessons historic houses in the former family program designed in Chinese cooking and concession area and visit the by Jing’an District tourism Shanghai dialect, as well as centuries-old Jing’an Bud- officials. playing alleyway games. dhist Temple and the Xin’en For just 100 yuan, they can They can also choose to Christian Church on Ulumqi stay with a Shanghai family have tea with a Shanghai Road N. for a whole day of activities. family. The 30-yuan package Bookings can be made American students play alleyway games These include morning exer- includes Shanghai snacks and by phone, email or fax. The during a visit to a Shanghai neighborhood cises in the park, learning Tai a simple lesson in Shanghai program will start on May last summer. Chi, also known as Chinese dialect. 1, 2010.

Expo Fact The Expo Site will be open from 9am to 12pm; the pavilions will be open from 9:30am to 10:30pm. 4 Newsletter No. 21, April 13, 2009 Dubai beckons Expo visitors

EXPO visitors will have the chance coordinator. to win trips to visit Saadiyat Island, Details can be found on the climb the world’s tallest building, website it will launch on May 1, Burj Dubai Tower, and stay in the 2010, the opening day of Expo seven-star Burj Al Arab hotel in Shanghai. the United Arab Emirates. The UAE Pavilion will be a The UAE will run a quiz for the golden stainless steel structure duration of Expo 2010, from May with an undulating roof to mimic to October, and each month win- sand dunes. The unique building and yet still be able to see the ex- UAE Ambassador to China ners will be drawn for free trips, will shimmer in changing colors hibition in natural light. Mohammed Rahed Al Boot its Expo team said on April 2 at a to remind visitors of the Arab The 20-meter-high pavilion has (left) and UAE Commissioner- ceremony for the construction of state’s natural environment and 6,000 square meters of space, the General for Expo 2010 Salem its desert-inspired pavilion. will be illuminated at night. largest of all foreign pavilions for Sseed Al Ameri (2nd from Winners will be drawn from The pavilion designer also took Expo 2010. right) present a gift to Huang those who can correctly answer into consideration Shanghai’s “One of the most powerful and Jianzhi (2nd from left), a series of easy questions, said weather. Visitors will be protect appealing experiences in the UAE Deputy Director-General Peter Vine, the UAE’s Expo team from the glare of the mid-day sun is to travel through our vast desert of the Bureau of Shanghai and we want to share this experi- World Expo Coordination. An artist’s ence with Chinese people,” said rendering Salem Saeed al-Ameri, Commis- exit. In the pavilion, UAE citizens of the sand sioner-General of the UAE’s Expo from all walks of life will talk to dune-inspired participation. visitors about their daily lives, UAE Pavilion The Arab state will present the Vine said, adding that the pavilion for Expo fast development of its cities and follows the tradition of great UAE Shanghai. environmental strategies and liv- structures such as the sail-shaped ing experiences. Burj Al Arab hotel. Visitors can approach the The UAE Pavilion won a gold “dunes” by a walkway, which fol- medal at the Expo 2008 in Zara- lows a stream of water toward the goza, Spain. Hamburg starts building Shipbuilder’s pavilion set its model for the future on 140-year shipyard site CONSTRUCTION A HISTORICAL shipyard will be pavilion. The original shipyard began on March 31 on converted into a pavilion on the has been relocated to Changxing an eco-friendly house Huangpu River to provide an in- Island, north of the city. on the section sight into future waterside life. The CSSC Pavilion will focus of the Expo Site — a On March 31, the China on the theme of “Ships make life house which can create State Shipbuilding Corporation better” by showing how ships can the perfect environment (CSSC), owner of the 140-year- improve urban living in the future, without traditional air- old Jiangnan Shipyard, signed a said Nie Chenggen, the Pavilion conditioning. contract with the Expo Organizer Director. The Hamburg House to build a corpo- will incorporate both rate pavilion and living and office areas also released its German city’s HafenCity project, and covers 570 square meters of a design for the 3,000-square-meter plot. where old buildings on the water- pavilion. It will use solar and geothermal front of the River Elbe are being A former energy and natural ventilation sys- renovated. welding work- tems to make its energy consumption Hamburg is spending 6 mil- shop will form 86 percent less than ordinary build- lion euros (US$7.97 million) on the foundation ings of the same size. its showcase, including 4 million of the 5,000- The inspiration came from the euros for the Hamburg House. square-meter Visit www.expo2010.cn for more news & information The Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, 3588 Pudong Road S., Shanghai 200125, China Contact: Ms. Lu Lixing, Tel: +86-21-2206-2310, Email: [email protected]; Mr. Zhang Jun, Tel: +86-21-2206-2924, Email: [email protected]