Shanghai Expo 2010

The Shanghai Expo’s mascot is called Haibao. He is a blue mascot with a big smile, in the shape of the Chinese character for ‘ren’ which means people. Here is a photo of Haibao, the mascot for the Shanghai Expo 2010!

Haibao

Say hello to Haibao – the mascot for the Shanghai Expo!

The New Zealand Pavilion in World Expo Shanghai 2010 will showcase the balance between city and nature.

The New Zealand Pavilion is called “Cities of Nature: Living between Land and Sky”. It will be located on a 2,000-square-meter land in Pudong, Shanghai side of the World Expo 2010 site.

New Zealand will invest nearly 30 million New Zealand dollars (US$23.05 million) at Shanghai 2010, the largest investment in World Expo ever.

The New Zealand pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 will also have Maori dancing daily.

The Australia pavilion at the Shanghai Expo will feature performances and Australian cuisine, sip some fine red wines and buy Australian products.

Australia’s objective at the Shanghai World Expo 2010 is not just to show off the country’s economy and culture, but to make a contribution to the Expo theme. He gave a warm invitation to Chinese people to visit the Australian Pavilion at the Expo 2010.

Visitors will be able to experience and enjoy all aspects of Australian life when touring the Expo pavilion.

The pavilion, with curved walls and red outside, is expecting 7 million visitors during the 184-day event.

About 160 people working in the pavilion will provide bilingual services for the convenience of Chinese visitors. The Australian Government has allocated A$61 million (US$59 million) to fund the construction and exhibition of the pavilion. Another A$22 million from companies and state governments will be looked for to fund the Australia pavilion at the Shanghai Expo 2010.