Year-long countdown to Shanghai Expo begins in Beijing

(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-05-01 22:36

Photo taken on May 1, 2009 shows the year-long countdown timer installation ceremony at Tian'anmen Square in Beijing for the Shanghai World Expo to be held on May 1, 2010. [Xinhua]

The countdown timer was installed at the east side of the square, where a similar timer once counted down the days to the Beijing Olympic Games. After the Expo opens, the timer will display the daily number of visitors.

Wu said the Expo would help increase exchanges and cooperation between China and the rest of the world.

Based on the Expo's theme, the event would provide an opportunity for all participants to demonstrate methods of city planning and development and environmentally friendly lifestyles for sustainable development, he said.

The top legislator also said that a successful, splendid and memorable World Expo was a promise made by the Chinese government and people.

Shanghai's Communist Party chief, Yu Zhengsheng, who is also the vice-chairman of the Expo's organizing committee, said at the ceremony that the fair would be another international event in China after the Beijing Olympic Games, for which all preparations went smoothly.

The Expo would also be a safe and frugal event, Yu added.

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