10 Facts About Expo 2010

In 2004, the Chinese central government established the Shanghai World Expo 2010 Organising Committee as the organization dedicated to host the event.

Besides, the Shanghai World Expo 2010 Coordination is founded for the daily affairs of the Executive Committee.

Six new subway lines were opened between 2008 and 2010; four thousand brand new taxis were added in the month before Expo 2010 opened and the city's buildings along the river were decorated with more energy-efficient LEDs.

Shanghai Expo 2010 featured an online version of the expo grounds featuring 3D renderings of the expo grounds, and a 3D version of the pavilion interior and offerings.

Shanghai World Expo 2010 provided an unparalleled opportunity for the tourism industry.

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Expo 2010 included a pavilion for the Red Cross and Red Crescent and several others.

Expo 2010 introduced numerous urban best practices and concepts from all over the world which the organisers hope will be a lasting legacy for better urban life in China and around the world.

Shanghai Expo 2010 was touted by the Chinese government as yet another first-rate global scale event, similar in significance to the Beijing Olympics, which would symbolise the economic and political rise of China in the 21st century.

Outside China, the Expo 2010 propelled Shanghai onto magazine covers, newspaper front pages and television programmes at a time when it is laying the groundwork to become an international financial centre by 2020.

Dissident Feng Zhenghu was detained in mid April Expo 2010 for threatening to publicly seek redress for them in the courts.