2010 Shanghai World Expo
| EXPO Shanghai 2010 | |
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Expo 2010 logo
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| Overview | |
| BIE-class | Universal exposition |
| Category | International Registered Exhibition |
| Name | Expo 2010 |
| Motto | Better City – Better Life (城市，让生活更美好) |
| Area | 528 hectares (1,300 acres) |
| Visitors | 73,000,000 |
| Participant(s) | |
| Countries | 192 |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| City | Shanghai |
| Coordinates | 31°11′39″N 121°29′11″E / 31.194118°N 121.486387°ECoordinates: 31°11′39″N 121°29′11″E / 31.194118°N 121.486387°E |
| Timeline | |
| Awarded | December 3, 2002 |
| Opening | April 30, 2010 |
| Closure | October 31, 2010 |
| Universal expositions | |
| Previous | Expo 2000 in Hannover |
| Next | Expo 2015 in Milan |
| Specialized expositions | |
| Previous | Expo 2008 in Zaragoza |
| Next | Expo 2012 in Yeosu |
| Horticultural expositions | |
| Previous | Royal Flora Ratchaphruek in Chiang Mai |
| Next | Floriade 2012 in Venlo |
| Internet | |
| Website | official website |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国2010年上海世界博览会 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Traditional Chinese | 中國2010年上海世界博覽會 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Simplified Chinese | 世博会 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Traditional Chinese | 世博會 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Zhōngguó 2010 Nián Shànghǎi Shìjìe Bólǎnhuì |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | Tson平koh入 2010-Nyie平 Zaon去he上 Sy去ka去 Poh入lae上we去 |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Chûng-koet 2010-ngièn Sông-hói Sṳ-kie Pok-lám-fi |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Zung1gwok3 2010-Nin4 Soeng6hoi2 Sai3gaai3 Bok3laam5wui6*2 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Tiong-kok 2010-Nî Siōng-hái Sè-kài Phok-lám-hoē |
| Transcriptions | |
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| Standard Mandarin | |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Shìbóhuì |
| Wu | |
| Romanization | Sy去poh入we去 |
| Hakka | |
| Romanization | Sṳ-pok-fi |
| Yue: Cantonese | |
| Jyutping | Sai3bok3wui6*2 |
| Southern Min | |
| Hokkien POJ | Sè-phok-hoē |
Expo 2010, officially the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was a major World Expo in the tradition of international fairs and expositions, the first since 1992. The theme of the exposition was "Better City – Better Life" and signifies Shanghai's new status in the 21st century as the "next great world city". The Expo emblem features the Chinese character 世 ('world', Chinese "shì") modified to represent three people together with the 2010 date. It had the largest number of countries participating and was the most expensive Expo in the history of the world's fairs. The Shanghai World Expo was also the largest World's Fair site ever at 5.28 square km.
By the end of the expo, over 73 million people had visited – a record attendance – and 246 countries and international organizations had participated. On 16 October 2010, the expo set a single-day record of over 1.03 million visitors.
Shanghai has been one of the main cities envisioned to host the expos for some time. Many scholars have written about the possibility and made suggestions in books. Unofficial participation in fairs outside China have happened since 1851. In 1910, the Qing dynasty decided to host China's first fair with the 1910 Nanyang industrial exposition.
Shanghai scored the highest in each of the four rounds of voting at the 132nd Meeting of the Bureau of International Expositions in Prince's Palace of Monaco, Monte Carlo, Monaco, with Yeosu, South Korea maintaining second place. Yeosu later won the bid to host Expo 2012, a three-month specialized world expo.
In 2004, the Chinese central government established the Shanghai World Expo Organising Committee as the organization dedicated to host the event. The Organising Committee set up an Executive Committee which is responsible for the execution and management of expo affairs. Besides, the Shanghai World Expo Coordination is founded for the daily affairs of the Executive Committee.
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