| 2010 Shanghai | |
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 Expo 2010 logo | |
| 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 | 523 hectares (1,290 acres) |
| Visitors | 73,085,000 |
| Participant(s) | |
| Countries | 192 |
| Location | |
| Country | China |
| City | Shanghai |
| Coordinates | 31°11′39″N 121°29′11″E / 31.194118°N 121.486387°E |
| Timeline | |
| Awarded | 3 December 2002 |
| Opening | 1 May 2010 |
| Closure | 31 October 2010 |
| Universal expositions | |
| Previous | Expo 2005 in Aichi |
| Next | Expo 2015 in Milan |
| Specialized expositions | |
| Previous | Expo 2008 in Zaragoza |
| Next | Expo 2012 in Yeosu |
| Horticultural expositions | |
| Previous | Expo 2006 in Chiang Mai |
| Next | Expo 2012 in Venlo |
| Internet | |
| Website | Expo 2010 Shanghai China at the Wayback Machine (Archived on 2012-12-18) |
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| Simplified Chinese | 中国2010年上海世界博览会 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| 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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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 registered by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), in the tradition of international fairs and expositions, the first since 2005.[1] 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".[2] 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.[3]
By the end of the expo, over 73 million people had visited – a record attendance – and 246 countries and international organizations had participated.[4] On 16 October 2010, the expo set a single-day record of over 1.03 million visitors.[5]
- ^ List of World Expos
- ^ "China Rules the World at Expo 2010". The Atlantic. 29 April 2010. Archived from the original on 25 January 2018. Retrieved 6 March 2017.
- ^ "Shanghai World Expo showcases China's soft power". Associated Press.
- ^ "Shanghai World Expo wins worldwide applause". Xinhua. 31 October 2010. Archived from the original on 8 November 2012. Retrieved 7 January 2014.
- ^ Fauna, 19 October 2010, Shanghai World Expo Sees 1+ Million Visitors In A Single Day Archived 25 October 2010 at the Wayback Machine, Chinasmack