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Shanghai World Expo in April 30, 2010 at 8:10 pm, by President Hu Jintao announced the official opening, there have been 11 records selected by the World Records Association of China's World's Most. 1, the most participating countries and organizations: registered to participate in the Shanghai World Expo has more than 240 countries and international organizations, the most for the previous World Expo, more than the highest record of 172 countries and international organizations to participate in the World Expo in Hanover in 2000. It attracted tens of millions of visitors from all over the world. The Shanghai World Expo was selected by the Chinese World Records Association as the Expo with the most participating countries and organizations in the world. 2, the largest number of volunteers: the Expo put forward new and higher requirements for volunteers, in the World Expo Park and the city volunteer sites, the main body of nearly 200,000 youth volunteers from all over the world to provide visitors with high-quality service, but also mobilized nearly a million volunteers to participate in the city's urban civilization throughout the city's World Expo volunteering action, the number of people for the largest World Expo ever. The Shanghai World Expo was selected by the Chinese World Records Association as the Expo with the largest number of volunteers in the world. 3, the largest number of self-built pavilions: Shanghai World Expo official exhibitors of self-built pavilions, about 40 countries and international organizations signed up for the construction of its number of the most ever. The Shanghai World Expo was selected by the Chinese World Records Association as the Expo with the largest number of self-built pavilions in the world. 4, the first simultaneous launch of the online World Expo: the organizers of the Shanghai World Expo will be held in the physical World Expo at the same time, pioneering the launch of the "online China 2010 Shanghai World Expo", make full use of and take advantage of the unique advantages of the Internet, the realization of the physical World Expo and the organic linkage of the World Expo online, the Internet will make the Shanghai World Expo become a "never-ending World Expo". The Internet will make the Shanghai World Expo a "never-ending World Expo". More than 170 countries and international organizations have already confirmed their participation in the Online World Expo. Shanghai Online World Expo was selected as the world's first online World Expo by the Chinese World Records Association. 5, the world's largest single area solar roof: Shanghai World Expo Theme Pavilion roof solar panels with an area of more than 30,000 square meters, is currently the world's largest single area solar roof, annual power generation of up to 2.8 million degrees, equivalent to more than 4,500 residents of Shanghai a year's total electricity consumption, annual carbon dioxide emissions can be reduced by about 2,800 tons, equivalent to annual savings of more than 1,000 tons of standard coal. Shanghai World Expo Theme Pavilion Roof was selected as the world's largest single area solar roof by the Chinese World Records Association. 6, the world's largest ecological green wall: Shanghai World Expo Theme Pavilion facade of 5000 square meters of ecological green wall for the world's largest ecological green wall. It is also a major symbol of energy saving in the pavilion. The green heat-insulating outer wall will effectively block radiation in summer, so that the air temperature near the surface of the outer wall is reduced. In winter, the exterior wall will form a thermal insulation layer and reduce wind speed, thus extending the service life of the exterior wall. The Shanghai World Expo Theme Pavilion wall was selected as the world's largest eco-green wall in terms of area by the Chinese World Records Association. 7, the world's largest single volume of public toilets: the Expo Park in the new public toilets will be the world's most environmentally friendly public toilets, but also the world's largest single volume of public toilets. There will be more than 30 toilets in the Expo site with about 8,000 toilet seats, the largest single volume in the world. The Expo public toilet adopts a ventilated and heat-insulated double-layer roof: a uniform shading device and a green wall are set up on the whole exterior wall, so that the temperature of the inner surface of the building envelope is lower than that of the outdoor air, and there is no need for exhaust fans or blowers. This way of learning from nature and adapting to the terroir can make the temperature difference between inside and outside of the public toilets reach 8-10 degrees Celsius by measurement. In the deodorization on the use of siphon principle, deodorization is more effective. The public toilet is not knocked down after the Expo, resulting in a waste of resources. This "box combination assembly" toilet has "mobility", after the Expo can be removed, and then get other public **** service area. Shanghai World Expo Theme Pavilion public toilet selected by the Chinese World Records Association of the world's largest single public toilet. 8, retain the most old buildings in the park: Shanghai World Expo Park, about 20,000 square meters of historical buildings to be retained, protection, more than 400,000 square meters of industrial buildings will be protected transformation, replacement, accounting for about one-fifth of the total floor area of the Expo Park. The most ever. The site of the Expo Park is the most concentrated place of Shanghai's industrial heritage, where the factory buildings carry a lot of historical memories about the city. The conservation and utilization of old buildings has become an important element in the interpretation of the Expo theme. These old buildings will be given a new life in a variety of uses: part of them will be directly used for the National Pavilion (industrial plants are mostly large-span buildings, which are very suitable for display); another part is used for logistics and logistic support; and the most striking ones are the 5,000-square-meter Museum of Expo and the 20,000-square-meter Pavilion of Urban Civilization, which are both housed in the old buildings of the former Jiangnan Shipyards. The Shanghai World Expo Park was selected by the Chinese World Records Association as the Expo in the world that retains the most old buildings in the park. 9, the largest area of the World Expo Park: the park in the city center covers an area of up to 5.28 square kilometers, the Shanghai World Expo Park area is the largest World Expo. Shanghai World Expo Park was selected by the Chinese World Records Association as the world's largest Expo Park area. 10, the world's largest crystal matrix: in the World Expo Private Enterprise Joint Pavilion, there is a by 30,000 crystal display boards composed of the "Shining Matrix" display wall, each display board is engraved with the name of each enterprise. The whole shining matrix in the light of the illumination will flow, colorful, is the Chinese enterprises in the world-class stage of the most eye-catching collective appearance. 11, the highest cost of the World Expo: Shanghai World Expo direct investment of 28.6 billion yuan, if you add the station such supporting construction investment, the total financial budget will reach 300 billion -400 billion yuan.
[edit]History and Origin of World Expo
The Origin of World Expo
In the ancient agrarian society, people tend to carry out trading activities in the festivals of celebrating harvests, religious ceremonies, and rejoicing, and then gradually developed into a large-scale assembly of trade and display for the purpose of exchanging goods on a regular basis and in a fixed place. This is the prototype of the World's Fair. In the 5th century A.D., Persia organized the first fair that surpassed the function of a bazaar. In the 18th century, with the emergence of new technologies and products, people gradually thought of organizing fairs that were similar to bazaars, but with the purpose of publicizing and displaying new products and achievements. In 1791, the Czech Republic held the first such fair in Prague, the capital city. With the progress of science and technology, the development of social productive forces, the scale of the exhibition has been gradually expanded, the geographical scope of the exhibition from a place to expand to the whole country, from the domestic extension of foreign countries, until the development of many countries to participate in the world exposition.
History of world expositions
The earliest modern exposition was organized by the United Kingdom: the world's industrial. 1851 Universal Industrial Exposition became the world's first world exposition, held in the British capital of London's Hyde Park, the exhibition period is May 1 to October 11, 1851, the main content of the world's cultures and industrial science and technology, and its name in the "Great", "Great", "Great", "Great", "Great", "Great", "Great", "Great", "Great", "Great", "Great". "Great" in English has the meaning of great, great, spectacular, this exposition in the United Kingdom at that time to show the industrial revolution, the United Kingdom technology champion of the group, the world's brilliant results. 1855 Paris World's Fair, Theme: Agriculture, Industry and Arts (Theme: Agriculture, Industry and Arts) The 1855 Paris World's Fair was held to celebrate the 40 years of peace that the European continent had enjoyed since the Battle of Waterloo. In reality, the real theme of the exposition was the secret rivalry of the major European nations for industrial and artistic supremacy. The Paris World's Fair cost about $5 million and featured about 21,000 exhibits showing the industrial and artistic achievements of the time.The 1855 Paris World's Fair featured concrete, steel, aluminum and rubber. After World War II, the world's people rebuilt their homes on the ruins of a devastated landscape, and on the basis of restoring production and reviving the economy, the first post-war World's Fair was held in 1958 in the Belgian capital, Brussels, with the theme of "Science, Civilization and Humanity". In order to reflect this theme of science, the Brussels World Expo built an atomic energy structure of the spherical pavilion, representing the human race has entered a new century of scientific and technological progress symbol of its unique and innovative shape, although almost half a century after the long, but still vivid in the memory. The splendor and richness of the exposition, almost all the previous world expositions are lost in silence. In 1962, Seattle, USA, held a small-scale specialized exposition, "Man in the Space Age". The expo featured new advanced technology, vending machines and a mono-steel railroad, making it a huge success. In 1964 to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of the city, New York once again hosted a World's Fair, although the tone of the theme was elegant "Peace through Understanding". However, the heavy commercial atmosphere of this World's Fair made the audience stop and lose the significance of the commemorative activities. The 1867 Paris World's Fair had already taken the shape of the modern World's Fair. Duration: April 1, 1867 to November 3, 1867, theme: the history of labor, 1970 in Japan, Osaka held the first World Expo, the Japanese called the World Expo logo exhibition, reflecting the "progress and harmony of mankind", to show the audience after the Tokyo Olympics, Japan in all aspects of development and achievements, thanks to the Tokyo Olympics, Japan's development and achievements in all aspects of the World Expo, the world's first world exposition. Thanks to this exposition, Japan's economic development remained strong for the next 10 years. In 1985, Japan hosted the World Expo again, and the venue was Tsukuba City, a brand new science and culture city more than 50 kilometers away from Tokyo. The theme of the exposition was: "Habitat and Environment Human Home Technology". A year later, Canada held a fair on the theme of "transportation" to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the founding of Vancouver. To commemorate the 200th anniversary of the establishment of the British settlement in Australia in 1988, Australia held a World Expo in the eastern Gold Coast city of Brisbane. The theme of the exposition was "Leisure Life in the Age of Science and Technology". The theme of the exposition was "Leisure in the Age of Science and Technology," which reflected the leisure and recreation of human beings in today's era of extremely advanced science and technology. Various countries made great efforts around this theme, reflecting the richness of human life with various contents such as sports, recreation, tourism, leisure, cooking, gardening, and so on. In 1990, Osaka, Japan, hosted the International Flower and Green Expo, a specialized international flower and green exposition with the theme of "Humanity and Nature". The theme of the exhibition was "Humanity and Nature." The exhibition featured the world of horticulture and was held as a commemorative event to celebrate the 100th anniversary of Osaka's "New Beginnings. The exhibition was attended by 82 countries, and 55 international organizations, Japanese provinces and municipalities, and major corporations set up separate pavilions or booths. It was the 100th time that a large-scale international horticultural exposition was realized in Asia, and it was a great success. In 1992, is the 500th anniversary of the discovery of America by Columbus, for this reason, the Spanish government held the World Expo in Seville, the exposition of the theme of the previous World Expo logo named "the age of discovery". The World Expo covers an area of 4.78 million square meters, more than 100 countries to participate. The audience reached more than 60 million people, the China Pavilion displayed the four great inventions and the Long March series of rockets, etc., was named "five-star pavilion". The 1993 Daejeon Expo in South Korea was the first World Expo (recognized) held by a developing country in the world. The theme was "New Road to Takeoff". The China Pavilion displayed aerospace science and technology, the Three Gorges Project, etc. *** received 3.5 million visitors, the most of all the pavilions, was named one of the five best pavilions. 1998 World Expo in Lisbon, Portugal. 1998 was the International Year of the Ocean approved by the United Nations, and the theme of the Expo was: "Ocean - the wealth of the future". In 2000, the World Expo in Hanover, Germany, the theme of "mankind, nature, science and technology", the participating countries and organizations *** counted 172, for the previous World Expo participating countries, regions and organizations of the largest session. In 2005, Aichi Expo, Japan, with the theme of "Nature's Wisdom", was the most recent registered World Expo, and the China Pavilion received 5.7 million visitors, the largest pavilion in terms of visitors. 2008, Zaragoza Expo, Spain, the Water Tower is the landmark of the 2008 Zaragoza Expo and the tallest building in the city of Zaragoza. The water tower is one of the three thematic pavilions in the Expo, exhibiting the theme of "Water - the source of life", for which it is also known as the Water Tower Pavilion.
World's Fair List
Date of the organizing country / city Name Type Days 10,000 people Remarks (bold for the theme)
1851 Britain / London Universal Industrial Exposition Comprehensive 140 604 exhibition halls Crystal Palace won a special prize
1855 France / Paris Paris World's Fair Comprehensive 150 516 agriculture, industry, art
1862 Britain / London Universal Industrial Exposition Comprehensive 140 604 exhibition halls Crystal Palace won a special prize
1855 France / Paris World's Fair Comprehensive 150 516 agriculture, industry, art
1862 England/London London World's Fair Crafts 104 609
1867 France/Paris 2nd Paris World's Fair Consolidated 210 923 Increased cultural content
1873 Austria/Hungary/Vienna Vienna World's Fair Consolidated 106 725 Unprecedented architectural design
1876 U.S.A./Philadelphia Philadelphia Philadelphia, USA Centennial Exposition of American Independence Consolidated 159,800 Centennial of the United States, New Style Homes, Telephones, Typewriters, Sewing Machines
1878 France/Paris, Paris, 3rd Paris World's Fair Consolidated 190,1616 Exhibits of Automobiles, Refrigerators, Phonographs invented by Thomas Edison
1883 Holland, Netherlands, Amsterdam, Amsterdam International Exposition Consolidated 100,880 Exhibits of Horticulture, Flowers 880 Horticultural and floral exhibitions
1889 France/Paris World's Fair (1889) General 182 2512 Centenary of the French Revolution, inauguration of the Eiffel Tower
1893 U.S.A./Chicago Columbian Exposition, Chicago General 183 2700 Quadricentennial of Columbus' discovery of the New World
1900 France/Paris 5th Paris World's Fair General 210 5000 Paris, France 5th World's Fair General 210 5000 Century in Review
1904 USA/St. Louis St. Louis Centennial Exposition General 185 1969 Centennial of the city's founding, with the Olympics in the same year
1908 UK/London London World's Fair General 220 1200 Olympics in the same year
1915 USA/San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exposition San Francisco Panama-Pacific Exposition General 288 1883 Celebration of the opening of the Panama Canal
1925 France/Paris International Exposition of Decorative and Modern Arts and Crafts Specialized 195 1500 Promotion of the "New Literary and Artistic Trend"
1926 U.S.A./Philadelphia Philadelphia 150th Anniversary World's Fair General 183 3600 Commemorating the 150th Anniversary of America 1926 USA/Philadelphia Philadelphia 150th Anniversary World's Fair General 183 3600 To commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the United States of America, a 100,000-person stadium was built
1933 USA/Chicago Chicago World's Fair General 170 2257 The Century of Progress
1935 Belgium/Brussels Brussels World's Fair General 150 2000 Peace through Competition
1937 France/Paris Paris World's Fair of Fine Arts Specialized 93 870 World Art and Technology
1939 USA/New York New York World's Fair General 340 4500 Building Tomorrow's World
1958 Belgium/Brussels Brussels World's Fair General 186 4150 Science, Civilization and Humanity
1962 USA/Seattle Seattle World's Fair General 184 964 Humanity in the Space Age
1964 USA/New York New York World's Fair General 360 5167 Toward Peace through Understanding
1967 Canada/Montreal Canada World's Fair General 185 5031 Humanity and the World
1970 Japan/Osaka Japan World's Fair General 183 6422 Progress of Humanity and Harmony
1971 Hungary/Budapest World Hunting Expo Specialty 4 190 The Influence of Hunting on Man and the Arts
1974 U.S.A./Spokane World's Fair 1974 Specialty 184 480 Celebration of Tomorrow's Fresh Environments
1975 Japan/Okinawa Okinawa World's Fair of the Ocean Specialty 183 349 The Sea -A Future Full of Hope
1982 U.S.A./Knoxville Knoxville World Energy Expo Specialty 152 1113 Energy Powering the World
1984 U.S.A./New Orleans Louisiana World's Fair Specialty 184 734 A World of Rivers, Water is the Source of Life
1985 Japan. Tsukuba World Expo, Tsukuba, Japan 184 2033 Habitat and Environment, Human Home Technology
1986 Canada/Vancouver Vancouver World Transportation Expo, Vancouver, Canada 165 2211 The World is Connected, The World is Pulsating
1988 Australia/Brisbane Brisbane World Expo, Brisbane, Australia 184 1857 Leisure Living in the Age of Technology
1992 Italy/Genoa Genoa World Exposition Professional 92 800 Columbus, Ships and Seas
1992 Spain/Sevia Sevia World Exposition General 176 4100 The Age of Discovery
1993 Korea/Daejeon Daejeon World Exposition Professional 93 1400 Challenges for a New Path
1998 Portugal/Lisbon Lisbon Exposition Professional 184 1857 Leisure Life in the Age of Science and Technology
1998 Portugal/Lisbon Lisbon Expo Specialized 132 1000 Oceans, Assets for the Future
1999 China/Kunming Kunming Horticultural Expo Specialized 95 1000 Man and Nature - Towards the 21st Century
2000 Germany/Hanover Hanover World Expo Comprehensive 153 1800 Humanity, Nature, Science and Technology
2005 Japan/ Aichi Aichi Earth Expo Comprehensive 2005 Japan / Aichi Aichi Earth Expo General 185 2200 Nature's Wisdom
2008 Spain / Zaragoza Zaragoza Expo Specialization 93 ? Water and Sustainability
2010 China / Shanghai Shanghai World Expo General 184 ? Better City, Better Life
2012 Korea/Yeosu Yeosu Expo Specialization 93 ? Living Sea, Breathing Coast
2015 Italy/Milan Milan Expo General ? ? Food, Energy of the Earth
The First World's Fair
On May 1, 1851, the world's first exposition was held in England. Britain, having completed the Industrial Revolution, was already a first-rate power in the world, and no one doubted the power of Britain, and the great calling that came with that power led Britain to organize the first World's Fair. Queen Victoria sent out diplomatic invitation letters and 10 countries accepted the invitation. The serious and stereotypical British used the economic power of the country to set up an exhibition for a world's fair. The architecture of the Victorian era was bulky, with mostly massive stone buildings. At this World's Fair, the British changed their style and built the Crystal Palace in the famous Hyde Park with steel and glass as the main building materials. The Crystal Palace was 1700 feet long and 100 feet high, using 4500 tons of steel and 10 hectares of glass. The first World's Fair opened in a lively atmosphere, in an area of 96,000 square meters of exhibition area, the total length of the exhibition table is about 13 kilometers, in the 23 weeks of the exhibition period, 6.3 million people to visit. 14,000 pieces of exhibits include a 24-ton lump of coal, a large diamond from India, and a taxidermy elephant, and the engine, water-powered printing presses, Textile machines showed visitors the development of modern industry and the infinite imagination of mankind. The World's Fair was not only a "dazzling, colorful" display, but also created a forerunner of free trade for decades to come, heralding to mankind the arrival of the era of industrialized production, all exhibits represent the development of modern industry and mankind's boundless imagination. Thus the London Exposition was recognized as the first World's Fair in the modern sense. The Crystal Palace Expo became the great driving force of science and progress in the twentieth century, and its success made the subsequent world expositions and the Olympic Games the same as the global scale of the event, the world exposition is therefore known as the "economy, science and technology, and the cultural world of the Olympic Games".
The first World Expo to establish a theme
1933 Chicago World Expo The higher the level of social productivity, the more specialized the social production, the more orderly all the activities of social life become. After nearly a hundred years of interpretation, the United States held a World's Fair in Chicago in 1933 with the theme of "A Century of Progress". 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. Most of the exhibits were the fruits of a century of science and technology, with the most fascinating being the brilliant neon lights, and the most sensational being new technological achievements such as aeronautical technology and new buildings with air-conditioning facilities. People were encouraged to see the great progress of science and technology in the past century. Since then, every World Expo has had a meaningful theme. Visiting strength "the most": 102 batches of vice-presidents or more dignitaries confirmed to participate in foreign dignitaries to visit the opening and closing ceremonies or national pavilions of the day is the practice of the World Expo, the Shanghai World Expo record-breaking exhibitors, will inevitably lead to a chain reaction, and then bring a new "presidential record! The record number of participating countries in the Shanghai World Expo will certainly trigger a chain reaction and bring new "presidential records". Hu Jinjun, deputy director of the Shanghai World Expo Bureau, recently revealed that it has been confirmed that will participate in the Shanghai World Expo Vice President of the above dignitaries has reached 102 batches, there are already dozens of foreign heads of state, government and important VIPs will attend the opening ceremony of the Shanghai World Expo. It is reported that the 184-day exhibition period is expected to attract 70 million visits at home and abroad, the World Expo will be the most extensive international participation in the history of the World Expo. The exhibition area pavilion "the most": the park area covered by the previous World Expo In terms of preparation, the Shanghai World Expo Park covers a total area of 5.28 square kilometers, of which the Pudong part of the 3.93 square kilometers, Puxi part of the 1.35 square kilometers, covering an area of the crown covered by the previous World Expo. As the first time in the mega-city center of the World Expo, the Shanghai World Expo relocated 272 enterprises, more than 18,000 residents, the amount of relocation of the largest World Expo. In addition to the exhibition area, this year's World Expo reached a record number of 42 foreign-built pavilions, the largest number of World Expo. Held activities "the most": an average of 100 performances a day The Shanghai World Expo scheduled national pavilions and international organizations to honor the scale of the day are record high in the history of the World Expo, confirmed participation in the country, there are 159 countries have declared 237 national pavilions, confirmed participation in the international organizations, there have been 30 international organizations have declared Among the confirmed participating countries, 159 countries have declared 237 national pavilion days, and among the confirmed participating international organizations, 30 international organizations have declared 15 honorary days. In addition, the World Expo's cultural and performing arts activities also hit a record high, the total number of programs more than 800, the total number of more than 17,000 shows, an average of 100 shows a day. Among them, the "Joyful Dress Parade" will be staged in the Pudong and Puxi parks of the Expo Park every day during the 184 days of the conference period, and the lineup of hundreds of performers will present the largest dress parade in history. Volunteer service "the most": 2 million volunteers scale exceeds the Beijing Olympics According to statistics, during the Expo, there will be 70,000 park volunteers, 130,000 city volunteering site volunteers and nearly 2 million urban civilization volunteers, active in the Expo Park inside and outside and in every corner of the city, the scale of which exceeds that of the Beijing Olympics. Shanghai has set up a window service volunteer team of 160,000 industrial workers, a traffic civilization volunteer team of more than 100,000 people, a clean city volunteer team of 250,000 people, and a peace volunteer team of 800,000 people. It is expected that 1.97 million people will be directly involved in urban civilization volunteer service activities during the Expo, *** with the service of the Expo, dedication to the Expo. The Most Media Coverage: 14,000 Chinese and Foreign Media Reporters Since December 18, 2009, when the media registration for the Shanghai World Expo was launched, the domestic and foreign media have been strongly willing to cover the Shanghai World Expo and have been calling and writing to the Expo Bureau to inquire about registration matters. It is reported that the number of Chinese and foreign media journalists who will participate in the coverage of this Expo will reach 14,000, which is the largest number ever, among which there are more than 3,400 foreign media personnel. It is worth mentioning that this Expo will have 100 college students to become official registered journalists, which will be the first time for China's college student journalists to officially register as journalists, in-depth participation in large-scale activities to publicize and promote, but also the first time in the 100-year history of the World Expo college student journalists figure. The largest city scale: Shanghai has a population of 22 million The size of the city where the Expo will be held is the largest in the history of the Expo. The city of Shanghai has a population of 22 million, of which 8 million are foreigners. Get support "the most": the host country set up a special fund of 100 million U.S. dollars This year's World Expo set up a special fund of 100 million U.S. dollars for the convenience of developing countries to participate in the Expo, which is also the highest record of all-time World Expo. "The World Expo is not the patent of developed countries", as China's representative to the International Exhibition Bureau, Zhou Hanmin when the Expo bidding for the Chinese side committed to 100 million U.S. dollars to participate in the assistance program is still fresh in his memory. He said that this fund from the host, urged developing countries in the exhibition process "not to fall behind", this amount of assistance in the history of the World Expo can be called the highest record. "The Expo is not only an economic and technological event, but also a collection of world civilization, developing countries have a large number of civilization achievements with the world **** enjoy." Facing challenges "the most": a variety of challenges can be said to be unprecedented Secretary General of the International Exhibition Bureau Losertes recently pointed out that "when we began to prepare for the Shanghai World Expo almost eight years ago, it was then already expected that the challenges faced by this Expo may be unprecedented. " Losertes said that the Shanghai World Expo has the largest venue area in the history of the Expo, the highest number of participants and visitors ever, and also the largest number of exhibitors ever. As a result, the Shanghai World Expo is actually facing some challenges in terms of transportation and queuing of people. It is a big challenge to turn the Shanghai World Expo site into a comfortable environment that can provide comfort and convenience for millions or tens of millions of visitors. The Shanghai World Expo should not only maximize the number of exhibitors, but also ensure that the quality of the exhibitors is also very high. Innovative reform "the most": 159 years for the first time in the "city" as exhibits If the above record is only a perfect testimony to the excellent host, then the following more meaningful new record, highlighting the reformer's boldness: in the wave of urbanization, the Shanghai World Expo for the first time the "city" as exhibits. For the first time, the Expo featured "cities" as exhibits, with the Urban Best Practice Area and the Online Expo being two of the most innovative initiatives. In addition, for the first time in the 159-year history of the Expo, the theme of this year's Expo is "Cities", which is unprecedented. This theme highlights the fact that human society has entered an important era, the age of the city. This era has only lasted two hundred years - in 1800, the global urbanization rate was only 2%; in 1900, it rose to 13%; in 2007, more than half of the 6.7 billion villagers on earth were living in cities. Cities, how can they make people's lives better? How to show hope and at the same time let people have the confidence to respond to the challenges, this Expo put forward this theme, is a performance in line with the development of the times. In addition, data show that in the seven years since China's successful bid for the Expo, the number of member countries of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) has soared from 89 to 156, with the vast majority of the new members being developing countries - the "China effect" has also made some developed countries enthusiastic and eager to become members of the Shanghai World Expo. The "China effect" has also caused some developed countries to be enthusiastic and compete to be "major players" in the Shanghai World Expo, and the scale of participation in the economic crisis has actually hit "the largest ever". There is no doubt that China will inject new vitality into the 159-year-old Expo.
[Editor's note]Introduction of the World Expo Management Group
The international organization responsible for coordinating the management of the World Expo is the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), which is abbreviated as "BIE" in English. BIE was founded in 1928, headquartered in Paris, France, and its constitution is the Convention on International Exhibitions. The Convention was signed in Paris in 1928 by representatives of 31 countries and governments, and was amended in 1948, 1966, 1972 and May 31, 1988 respectively. The purpose of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) is to promote economic, cultural, scientific and technological exchanges and development in all countries of the world through the coordination and organization of world fairs. The permanent office of the BIE is the Secretariat, and the Secretary General is the highest leader of the Division, and the current Secretary General is Mr. Losertes.