Expo participants meet to get festival updates

SHANGHAI: Foreign participants in the 2010 Shanghai World Expo lauded China's role as organizer, as they gathered in the city to learn more about the preparations for the historic fair.

The fourth and last Shanghai Expo participants' meeting, to be held today and tomorrow, will attract approximately 600 representatives from more than 240 nations and international organizations, cities and companies. All will be given updated information about the 2010 event.

"There are a lot of expectations and information which we hope will be delivered during the two days," Finland's expo commissioner general Pertti Huitu said. "We have worked out a list of questions about the expo that could be shared by all European countries and we hope we can find answers."