Hundred handicapped Chinese to be invited to France Pavilion

An artistic rendition of the France Pavilion.[en.expo2010.cn]

Around 100 Chinese handicapped people, including 15 who survived the 8.0-magnitude earthquake on May 12, 2008 in southwestern China's Sichuan Province, would be invited to visit France Pavilion for the World Expo 2010, Sanofi-Aventis, a leading pharmaceutical company based in Paris and also the leading sponsor for the Pavilion, pledged Tuesday.

Seven items of France's "national treasures", including impressionistic paintings and sculptures, will arrive in Shanghai at the end of this month for exhibition in the Pavilion. Five of them each involve more than 100 million euros in insurance premium.