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A photo taken on Jan. 7, 2010 shows the brillant cable-membrane structure of the Expo Axis during a trial illumination in Shanghai, east China.
An exhibition of the 2010 World Expo's master plan was unveiled on January 6 in Taiyuan, Shanxi Province, offering an opportunity for locals to learn all about the event.
Visitors could sit in a cockpit and try to pilot a plane in a virtual-reality exhibition in the Aviation Pavilion at the World Expo 2010.
Breath-taking scenery along the world's highest train line, the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, will await visitors to the Expo pavilion of southwest China's Tibet Autonomous Region.
China Pavilion's appeal for video clips has collected more than 1,000 since its launch last November.
A construction worker cleans the exterior of the "Sunny Valley", a structure to harness solar energy, at the 2010 Shanghai World Expo site in Shanghai January 6, 2010.
With only 117 days to go before the world fair opens, most pavilions at the Expo site have been completed or are nearly finished.
Ten giant pandas will head for Shanghai, host city of the 2010 World Expo, Tuesday on a chartered plane for a year-long display, said an expert with the China Wolong Giant Panda Protection and Research Center.
Four months ahead of the World Expo, Shanghai has become the second Chinese city to adopt security checks at subway stations, causing mixed reactions from local commuters.
Some Expo 2010 permanent structures were illuminated last night in celebration of the upcoming new year.
