What are the countries and highlights of Shanghai World Expo 2010?

As of June 04, 2009, 239 countries and international organizations (191 countries and 48 international organizations) have confirmed their participation in the Shanghai World Expo. They are: Africa (51): Algeria, Burundi, Togo, Eritrea, Cape Verde, Congo (Brazzaville), Guinea, Comoros, Lesotho, Mali, Mauritania, Seychelles, Equatorial Guinea, Nigeria, Djibouti, Benin, Central African **** and States, Cote d'Ivoire, Angola, Egypt, Tanzania, Senegal, Zimbabwe, Zambia, Namibia, Sudan Kenya, Morocco, Gabon, Cameroon, Rwanda, Tunisia, Sierra Leone, Madagascar, DRC, Uganda, Ethiopia, Mauritius, Niger, Mozambique, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Chad, Somalia, Ghana, Botswana, South Africa, Libya, Malawi, Burkina Faso, Gambia. Americas (34): Cuba, Canada, Dominica, Bolivia, United States, Costa Rica, Guatemala, Trinidad and Tobago, Argentina, Uruguay, Chile, Peru, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, Suriname, Ecuador, Venezuela, Grenada, Mexico, Nicaragua, Brazil, Antigua and Barbuda, El Salvador, Dominica, Barbados, Colombia, St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, St. Lucia, Belize, Honduras, Paraguay, Panama, Bahamas Europe (45): France, Netherlands, Monaco, Switzerland, Ukraine, Italy, Spain, Hungary, Germany, Croatia, United Kingdom, Bulgaria, Poland, Luxembourg, Albania, Turkey, Belgium, Lithuania, Montenegro, Moldova, Belarus, Russia, Portugal, Serbia, Finland, Azerbaijan, Greece, Czech Republic, Macedonia, Romania, Ireland, Cyprus, Austria, Denmark, Sweden, San Marino, Norway, Slovakia, Estonia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Iceland, Malta, Slovenia, Latvia, Liechtenstein Asia (45): China, Pakistan, Bahrain, Cambodia, Mongolia, Nepal, Sri Lanka, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan, Singapore, Armenia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Philippines, Malaysia, Laos, Yemen, Japan, Saudi Arabia, Palestine, India, Indonesia, Korea, Brunei, Lebanon, Georgia, Bhutan, Thailand, Iraq, Oman, Iran, Maldives, Afghanistan, Bangladesh, United Arab Emirates, Syria, North Korea, Jordan, Israel, Qatar, State of Kuwait, Timor-Leste Oceania (16): New Zealand, Australia, Papua New Guinea, Vanuatu, Palau, Tonga, Micronesia, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Niue, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Kiribati, Marshall Islands, Nauru International organizations (48): United Nations, United Nations Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD), UNESCO, United Nations Industrial Development Organization (UNIDO), United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF), United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat), United Nations Conference on Trade and Development (UNCTAD), Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS), United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF) Association, International Network for Information Development, International Atomic Energy Agency, International Maritime Organization, International Energy Agency, International Council of Museums, International Association for Bamboo and Rattan, International Organization for Migration, International Labour Organization, International Trade Centre, International Centre for Trade and Sustainable Development, International Polar Foundation, Executive Committee of the Commonwealth of Independent States, League of Arab States, African Union, Association of Southeast Asian Nations, European Union, Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, South Pacific Tourism Organization, Pacific Islands Forum, Boao Forum for Asia, Caribbean Development Bank, COMESA, Francophone Business Forum, Global Environment Facility, EUMETSAT, GEO, IPCC, SPTO, IFPTE What are the highlights of the 100 performances per day? What are the star performers in each country? Which performances are "world premieres"? During the 184 days of the Shanghai World Expo, more than 800 programs from all over the world will be staged around 20,000 times. What are the highlights of the 100 cultural performances per day? What are the globally recognized "star groups" among the performers from all over the world? Which performances will be "world premieres" in Shanghai? With the official debut of the book "Program Overview of Cultural Performing Arts Activities for Expo 2010 Shanghai China", the Expo Bureau's Events Department is responsible for the collective appearance of the five continents' performance teams, revealing to the public in advance the highlights of the performances of the five continents. Asia: 153 programs will be presented, Saudi Arabia and Lebanon for the first time to participate in the show Sun Mingzhang, head of the Asian team of the Department of Expo Bureau activities, so far Asia has declared 153 programs, the number of performances of more than 840, mainly in the countries of the National Pavilion Day and Asia Square and other venues to perform. It is understood that the Asian region of the World Expo performances to create a number of World Expo history, "the first", such as renowned in Europe, created by the descendants of the ancient Roman ruler of Caracalla Lebanese Caracalla Song and Dance Theatre will be the first time to participate in the World Expo performances in the Lebanese Pavilion on the day to bring the "Knights of the Moonlight" and "2,000 and one night" and other wonderful The Saudi Pavilion will also break the history of participating in the World Expo for more than 30 years without declaring the performance program, and set up a performance team of more than 40 people to show the Middle East style dance for the Shanghai World Expo. In addition, noteworthy performances include the world's only Chinese national orchestra composed entirely of foreign part-time artists---Japanese Chinese Orchestra will hold a special choral and folk music symphonic concert at the Expo Center and Asia Square; the Korean Black Drum Art Troupe, founded by Chinese dancers and composed of 30 Korean university students, will perform at the Shanghai World Expo in Shanghai, China. The Korean Black Drum Art Troupe will bring traditional drum ensemble and modern pop dance in May; Indian song and dance drama "Bollywood Ticket" will land on the World Expo in July; September 5, Thailand Pavilion Day Troupe specially created for the World Expo large-scale stage play "Thai Style Color" will be the "world premiere" and so on in Shanghai. Europe: more than 200 programs to show the European culture, five world premieres to look forward to As of late April, European exhibitors have identified more than 200 programs, performances throughout the park's major venues. Yu Yang, director of the European Group of the Expo Bureau, said that the five world premieres worth paying attention to in the performance activities in the European area include the premiere of the modern dance "Gustav Mahler Symphony No. 1" choreographed by the artistic director of the Czech National Ballet for the World Expo on the day of the Czech Pavilion in May 17th; the French National Pavilion Day on June 21st, which will be the premiere of the musical "Tender France" directed by the French actor Alain Delon; the British National Pavilion on September 8th; and the French National Pavilion on June 21st, which will be the premiere of "Tender France" directed by French actor Alain Delon. On September 8, the British National Pavilion Day, the British National Ballet, in conjunction with the Shanghai Ballet and the London Symphony Orchestra to create the ballet "On the Waterfront"; Icelandic children's drama "Lazy Town" will be unveiled on September 11, Icelandic National Pavilion Day; Norway Mystery Garden Band created for the World Expo and performance of the "Masterpiece of Nature" and so on. A variety of European local characteristics of the show is also worth looking forward to, such as the Greek National Pavilion Day on June 19, song and dance evening "Myth Echo", the 2004 Athens Olympic Games, the highest priestess of the Greek National Theatre, the chief actress Maria Nafpli will have a wonderful performance; from May 24 to 30, the European Square, nearly 300 people will be staged in the Spanish tradition of the Catalan hitchhiking towers; during the summer, the British Pavilion also will bring the Teletubbies children's theater for the children and so on. America: 137 programs have been confirmed, the United States "Jazz Legend" Hancock will appear The World Expo Bureau of Activities Department of the Americas Team Leader Xu Weijie introduced the World Expo Americas area has been confirmed 137 performances, the Americas artists will be in the park all over the world for the audience to present more than 370 wonderful performances. Sub-national view, the United States is rich in cultural performances, in addition to May 7 will be performed at the World Expo Cultural Center Philadelphia Orchestra, May 13 and 14, by the so-called "American jazz legend", 70-year-old jazz pianist Herbie Hancock to bring the special jazz concert will make the global jazz fans to feast their ears; Canada Pavilion, through the World Expo Americas area, the Americas artists will present more than 370 wonderful performances for the audience around the world. Canada Pavilion, through its world-famous Cirque du Soleil carefully selected 20 local arts groups of more than 150 artists, to visitors from around the world to show the characteristics of Canada's multicultural integration. To celebrate the bicentennial of independence, more than 300 artists from 23 Mexican performing arts groups will present wonderful performances. It is worth mentioning that the Oaxaca marimba, an ancient Mexican percussion instrument that has not been handed down, will also appear at the Expo, and the young generation from Oaxaca will demonstrate through their performances the government's commitment to preserving this art. The young generation from the state of Oaxaca will demonstrate through their performances the government's efforts to preserve this artistic treasure. In addition, visitors will also have a close-up experience of distant South American artistic flavor, Bolivia's unprecedented sent nearly 900 performers, 70 performing groups to China; to show the art of folk songs around the world famous Brazilian "Mavaca Orchestra" will also be in the Expo to show the new creation of the Chinese elements of the work of art. Africa: Nearly 700 Performances, Seeing All of Africa Without Leaving China Expo 2010 Shanghai is the largest participation of African countries in all the World Expositions. Expo Bureau of Events Department responsible for African performing arts activities, Jin Liting said that up to now, the African region *** 50 African countries and an international organization African Union confirmed the participation *** declared 59 cultural and performing arts activities, the total number of performances nearly 700. Among the African programs, a representative one is the performance of the Soweto Choir of South Africa, which has won the Grammy for "Best Traditional World Music Album" twice in 2007 and 2008. Founded in 2002, the group is now the most popular local performing arts group in Africa, with 29 African singers, whose songs are a blend of tribal music, traditional culture and Western church music, and whose songs document the bitter history of black Africans who have fought against oppression and discrimination. Throughout the month of May, the "Yuantong Scholars Entering the World Expo" cultural performance from Malawi in southeast Africa will become a symbol of cultural exchange between China and Africa. A group of orphans from Malawi will demonstrate Shaolin Kung Fu on the stage of the World Expo, which is taught by Chinese Master Hui Li, who traveled to Africa. Behind this performance team is the touching story of Master Hui Li, who raised his own funds to help these orphans and teach them traditional Chinese culture. Oceania: the first time all appear in the World Expo, more than 800 performances to show the South Pacific island countries World Expo Bureau of Activities Department of Oceania group responsible for Li Yuan said that the Shanghai World Expo to achieve all of the countries and regions of the South Pacific region of Oceania all the exhibitors, they **** to bring 23 programs, the total number of performances of more than 800 shows. According to reports, from May 1 to 21, Oceania Contemporary Dance Company will carry Miss South Pacific 2009/2010 and French Polynesia Ora Performance Troupe, for the Expo to bring a blend of South Pacific, Ireland and India and other styles and fashions of modern dance. The Vanuatu Dance Series, consisting of the Vanuatu Folk Song and Dance, Snake Dance, and King's Dance, will feature a different style of dance each month, and on July 27, the popular Solomon Islands Tonatsu Dance Company will perform one of the world's oldest musical instruments, the reed-pipe, as part of the dance, showcasing traditional ancient rituals. On August 1, Samoa Pavilion Day, a traditional Samoan dance performed by the Oswald Dance Company will showcase the local traditional culture through the elegant dance moves of young girls.