The history of the World's Fair has a long history. As early as the 5th century A.D., Persia organized a fair that transcended the function of a bazaar. The king of Persia showed off his country's wealth and material resources by displaying his finances to intimidate his neighbors, and at the end of the 18th century, the idea of organizing a fair similar to a bazaar, but with only exhibitions and no sales, gradually came to mind. This new idea was pioneered in Prague, Czech Republic in 1791. With the advent of the Industrial Revolution, the improvement of social productivity, the progress of science and technology, and the development of international transportation, the conditions for holding worldwide exhibitions gradually matured. By the middle of the 19th century, exhibits and exhibitors at the exhibition went beyond the scope of a single country.
Categories of World Expositions
As the name suggests, a world exposition is a large-scale event involving a wide range of time, geography, categories and varieties, and is generally divided into only two categories. One is a comprehensive exposition and the other is a specialized exposition.
Of the more than 50 expositions held in the past, there are many comprehensive expositions. Comprehensive expositions are all-encompassing, in which the organizing country provides the venue free of charge, and the participating countries pay for the establishment of independent exhibition halls, in which the comprehensive achievements reflecting the country's science and technology, culture, economy, and society are displayed. Comprehensive fair is generally held once every five years. Specialized expositions to display the content of some monotonous, it is to a certain type of professional products as the main content of the exhibition, the following themes can be regarded as a recognized class of exhibitions: ecology, land transport, hunting, recreation, atomic energy, mountains and rivers, urban planning, animal husbandry, meteorology, shipping, fishing, fish farming, chemical industry, forests, habitats, pharmaceuticals, oceans, data processing, food, and so on. The participating countries decorate and set up their own exhibitions in the venues designated by the organizing countries, without having to build special pavilions.99 Kunming World Expo is a specialized international exposition.
The significance and role of organizing a World Expo
The purpose of organizing a World Expo is often to celebrate a major historical event or an important commemorative activity in a certain country or region, in order to show the achievements of mankind in a certain field, in politics, economy, culture and science and technology. Hosting a World Expo not only brings development opportunities to the participating countries, expands international exchanges and cooperation, and promotes economic development, but also creates huge economic and social benefits for the host country, publicizes and expands the visibility and reputation of the host country, and promotes social prosperity and progress.
Countries and Cities Hosting World Expositions
By 2000, 24 cities in 13 countries, including the United Kingdom, France, the United States, Germany, Belgium, Canada, Japan, Australia, Spain, Italy, South Korea, Portugal, and China, had hosted World Expositions.
The Establishment of the World Expo Theme
The higher the level of social productivity, the stronger the specialization of socialized production, and the more orderly all activities of social life become. After nearly a century of interpretation of the World Expo, the United States in 1933 in Chicago organized the theme of "a century of progress" of the World Expo. This is the first theme of the World's Fair, exhibitors are required to design and create their own exhibits around a **** the same topic. On display at the meeting is mostly a century of scientific and technological achievements, fascinating when the number of brilliant neon lights, and caused a sensation is the aviation technology, air-conditioned facilities, such as new buildings and other scientific and technological achievements. People were encouraged to see the great progress of science and technology in the past century. Since then, every World Expo has had a theme of great significance.
Leisure life used to be the theme of the World Expo
For a long time, mankind has been to "man's determination to overcome the sky" in the transformation of nature, the development of science and technology, in order to create a "more affluent life", "leisure" is only the second need of the people.
In 1988, Australia in Australia to commemorate the bicentenary of the settlement of the European landings in Australia, Brisbane Expo, and "the age of science and technology of leisure life" as this Expo. In 1988, Australia organized the Brisbane World Expo to commemorate the bicentennial of the landing of Europeans in Australia, and took "Leisure Life in the Age of Science and Technology" as the theme of the Expo. All countries have made great efforts around this theme, and have embodied the richness and colorfulness of human life with various contents such as sports, recreation, tourism, cooking and horticulture, etc. This fully demonstrates that mankind has become extremely advanced in science and technology. Fully demonstrated that human beings in the modern society of extremely developed technology, after a fierce struggle, desire for leisure, leisure life has been emphasized. In the beautiful country of Australia, the topic of "leisure" was highlighted, leaving a deep impression on people.
Rules for Election of Expo Host Cities
According to the election rules, each of the 89 member countries of the International Exhibition Bureau (IEB), regardless of their size, has the right to cast one vote. In the first round of voting, if a candidate city receives more than two-thirds of the votes, it will become the host city of the 2010 World Expo. If in the first ballot none of the candidate cities obtains the required number of votes, a second ballot will be held, in which the candidate who obtained the lowest number of votes in the first ballot will not be contested. In the second ballot, those candidate cities that obtain more than two thirds of the votes cast shall be elected. If no city obtains more than two thirds of the votes, a third round of balloting will be held as described above until two cities have obtained the highest number of votes. The final contest will be between these 2 cities, with the one receiving the higher number of votes being awarded the right to host the event.
1. What type of exposition is Expo '99?
A: It is an "Olympic" event that showcases the achievements of the world in the field of gardening and horticulture.
2. What department approves and registers it?
A: It is approved by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) and the Association Internationale des Producateurs de la Horticulture (AIPH) and is officially registered as a Class A1 fair.
3. Who hosts it and who organizes it?
A: It is hosted by the People's Republic of China*** and the State of China and organized by the People's Government of Yunnan Province.
4, what does it have?
A: There are various kinds of thematic exhibitions, such as Peony Exhibition, Bonsai Exhibition, Stone Exhibition, Flower Arrangement Exhibition; there are woodland garden, herb garden, vegetable and fruit garden, bamboo garden; there are China Pavilion, International Pavilion, Science and Technology Pavilion, Big Greenhouse, Man and Nature Pavilion, and there are large-scale rock-breaking sculptures, water landscape through the Expo Park and so on.
5, how big is the scale?
A: is the Chinese government at the end of this century to host one of the largest, global event. Every country in the world will participate in the exhibition, and the number of visitors is expected to reach 10 million.
The entire exhibition area covers an area of 218 hectares, of which there is an area of more than 3,600 square feet of the world's rare plants gathered in a large greenhouse, an area of more than 2,700 square feet of the 1,000-person banquet halls, there is the shape of the clover in the air frame construction, an area of more than 4,900 square feet of the "man and nature museum" and so on.
6. Why Kunming?
A: Kunming's mild climate, strong plant research, more beautiful scenery, urban construction is improving, with the conditions to hold large-scale activities.
7. When is the official opening?
A: May 1, 1999 ----10 October 31, lasted 184 days.
Century event Kunming World Expo
Fifty years after the founding of the country, has never been hosted by the state of any form of exposition, and the '99 Kunming World Horticultural Expo by the Chinese people *** and the State hosted by Vice Premier Li Lanqing as director of the organizing committee, is the largest, the highest grade, the top level of a global exposition event!
For this event, there are more than 60 countries and more than 20 international organizations in the Kunming World Expo to buy a site to build the garden, each show their skills, in order to fully demonstrate their achievements and style. The country's thirty-one provinces, cities and autonomous regions are also scrambling to build booths, construction of exhibition gardens, fully demonstrated their own style.
Central China Television (CCTV) will be broadcasting a special program, and China Radio International will be broadcasting information about the Expo around the world. The National Tourism Administration of China has printed eight languages to publicize the Expo around the world through the foreign affairs agencies of China. China Tourism Internet also exported the construction of the World Expo to the international Internet in a variety of languages.
During the Expo, cultural performances, carnivals and celebrations will be held, and cultural, tourism and sightseeing activities as well as various forms of entertainment will be carried out with the world's advanced entertainment and tourism facilities.
The Expo site is located in the northern suburbs of Kunming's densely vegetated Jindian Scenic Spot, covering an area of 218 hectares. The China Pavilion covers an area of 17,451 square meters, the theme of "colorful Chinese gardens and horticulture", letter to show China's long history of gardening and broad and deep cultural connotations of gardening. The International Pavilion covers an area of 11,000 square meters and is a streamlined modern building. Show the world's countries and regions of gardening and horticulture boutique and rare plants.
More characteristic of the large greenhouse area of 3630 square meters, for the modern function of the building, glass facade, the exhibition content is rich and colorful, there are tropical rainforests, alpine flowers and temperate zone flowers and plants and so on. Man and nature museum fully embodies the theme of the General Assembly "man and nature ----- towards the twenty-first century", with an area of 4953 square meters, is shaped in the "clover" of the empty frame building, displaying the human in the long-term production and living practices, and the formation of natural The interaction between human beings and nature in the long-term production and living practices, to enhance human awareness of protecting the ecological environment, so that human beings and nature are in harmony ****, towards the twenty-first century.
The integration of science and technology and nature as one of the Science and Technology Museum covers an area of 3,064 square meters, is a combination of point, line of modern architecture. The theme is "Horticulture and Science and Technology", displaying the latest technology and achievements in the field of horticulture at home and abroad.
The latest trends in tourism at the Kunming Expo -----
'99 Kunming World Horticultural Expo has brought vitality to tourism.
First of all, it can become a giant tourist attraction in itself, with 218 hectares of exhibition area, in which the elaborate works of garden masters from all over the world are gathered, which will attract not only domestic guests, but also tourists from all over the world to come here.
In addition to the indoor pavilions: China Pavilion, International Pavilion, Greenhouse, Man and Nature Pavilion, Science and Technology Pavilion, there are also outdoor areas: China Pavilion, International Pavilion, Enterprise Pavilion, Thematic Pavilions and so on.
The Expo landscape facilities are also very artistic, there are three large-scale sculpture in the park: engraved with "EXPO'99" rock sculpture, the Expo Jixieju golden monkeys sculpture, symbolizing the "man and nature ------ towards the twenty-first century" theme of modern sculpture. The modern sculpture symbolizing the theme of "Man and Nature towards the 21st Century".
There are also three plazas: Welcome Plaza, Blossom New Century Plaza and Performance Plaza. There are also three large fountains and a water landscape running through the Expo.
And during the Expo, there will also be a number of thematic horticultural exhibitions held on a regular basis: Peony Exhibition, Monarch Orchid Exhibition, Bonsai Exhibition, and Moon Season Exhibition in May; Elegant Stones Exhibition in June; Bulbous Flower Exhibition and Flower Arranging Exhibition in July; Foliage Plants Exhibition in August; Orchids Exhibition in September; and Chrysanthemums Exhibition in October, etc., which are sure to attract all the enthusiasts of various topics to come from far and wide to take part in the grand event.
All these have laid an excellent foundation for the Expo itself to become a large-scale tourist attraction, and the beautiful scenery of Yunnan's famous attractions make it possible for those who come to participate in the event to have a rich and colorful travel arrangements. The combination of tour routes to visit Yunnan may be the largest in the country.
If you want to see the ethnic flavor, you can go to Kunming, Dali line, where the Bai people's three tea, March Street for you to bring a burst of rich ethnic wind.
To see the tropical scenery can go to Kunming, Banna line, this green pearl will fully show you exotic tropical plants and delicate fluke Dai girls.
If you want to explore the history of Southwest China, you can go to Kunming, Lijiang line, Lijiang ancient city of the layers of eaves will tell you a distant story.
Want to see the snowy mountain scenery can go to Kunming, Shangri-La line, the virgin snowy peaks may be for you to pull open the mysterious veil, a show of beautiful colors.
The Pearl of the Plateau Dianchi, the world's wonders of the Stone Forest, the tropical rainforest Xishuangbanna, the Geneva of the Orient Dali, the mysterious country of Shangri-La, the virgin of the peak of the Jade Dragon Snow Mountain, flowers bloomed like a sea of 10,000 camellia king 。。。。。。
This a resounding name is enough to make your tour full of wonderful, and Yunnan's 26 ethnic minorities, 26 languages, 26 cultures are also sure to make like the ethnic flavor of the tourists to linger. We can say without hesitation: where to travel this year? Attend the Kunming World Expo!
Japan Pavilion
Theme: Heart of peace, technology and
Location of the pavilion: Area A
Highlights of the modeling: semi-circular dome, like a "space fortress"
National Pavilion Day: June 12, 2010
Introduction to the pavilion: The "Purple Silkworm Island" represents the appearance and characteristics of the Japan Pavilion in an extremely graphic way, making it easier for visitors to recognize it in the vast exposition area. At the same time, the nickname "Purple Silkworm Island" reflects the message of the Japan Pavilion - to look to the future, to build a great vision, and to grow and develop forever.
Theme of the Italian Pavilion: City of Ideals, City of People
Location of the Pavilion: Expo Area C
Highlights of Styling: Functional Modules for Convenient Reconfiguration
National Pavilion Day: June 2, 2010
Introduction of the Pavilion: Italy's National Pavilion is a quadrilateral building covering 3,600 square meters, with a height of 18 meters, and is composed of 20 functional modules. 20 functional modules combined, representing the 20 regions of Italy, like a miniature Italian city. From the outside, the entire Italian National Pavilion is like a split mosaic, which can be composed of a variety of patterns, reflecting the relationship between different regions of multicultural harmony ****.
Theme of Saudi Arabia Pavilion: Vitality of Life
Location of the Pavilion: Area B of the Expo Park
Highlight of Modeling: Silk Road Treasure Ship
National Pavilion Day: TBD
Introduction of the Pavilion: The architectural design of the Saudi Arabia Pavilion was completed by the teams from China and Saudi Arabia*** together, and the "Moon Ship The shape of the "moon ship" is arranged around the desert, oasis and ocean, reflecting the flavor and geomorphological features of Saudi Arabia, and at the same time implying the convergence of talents, resources and wealth in the city.
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