Shanghai 2010 Expo Site

Everyday, we drive along the Nanpu Bridge, and see the Shanghai Expo site spread out on the west side of the bridge - from pretty crowded Shanghai typical residential area, and factories, to a destroyed land with barely nothing, to a big construction site, and then become a new Lujiazui style cluster of high-raising buildings... The change just happens gradually without me even noticing it.

The other day, I took taxi and ran along the Lupu Bridge, and took the picture below:

Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang

From these photos, the shape of the China Pavilion is ready. More and more countries are joining - the pavilion of the Luxembourg has already started construction. The Australia Pavilion is on the way (they invited me to join their ground breaking event the next week).

Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang

Below is the China Pavilion:

Photograph by Jian Shuo Wang

The Area of the Site

Below is a site map of the area.

Image in courtesy of Expo 2010 China website

I would say, to choose to place an expo site into the city center is the best idea ever. Instead of arranging the site to a pre-booked site near the Pudong Airport, having an expo along the Huangpu River helps to bring the two sides of the city together.

I am happy that the site is just 5 km away from my home, and I am seeing new roads, and new viaduct built everyday. I have started to seek for some information about whether they off half-year ticket so I can bring Yifan (3 years old by then) there every weekend...

by Jian Shuo Wang on February 17, 2009 under Expo 2010

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Expo China Pavilion - Oriental Crown March 8, 2009
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First Impression of Shanghai Expo Site February 25, 2009
Shanghai 2010 Expo Site February 17, 2009
Prepared for Shanghai World Expo August 27, 2008

Comments

中国有两个城市我特别欣赏,一个是北京,一个是上海,当然仅此两个城市吧。

Posted by: 也许知道 on February 18, 2009 1:41 AM

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Posted by: ceoAB on February 18, 2009 9:15 AM

also looking forward to it!

Posted by: Anna on February 18, 2009 9:47 AM

The whole city becomes a big construction site like Beijing before 2008 Olympic Games.

Posted by: qumingbin on February 18, 2009 1:16 PM

To tell the truth, I think 2010 Shanghai Expo is a big bubble. I don't think many people (especially from foreign countries) will come over to Shanghai to see that. It's Internet era now. People can get tons of useful information from Internet, instead of traveling thousands of miles to see that in Shanghai. Economic crisis is another factor.

Expo is not really comparable to Olympic. Olympic is an event that can gather thousands of people in a sudden within 15 days. Expo is definitely not.

Maybe my prediction is wrong. Just my guess. :)

Posted by: Nanfei on February 18, 2009 5:26 PM

I may be ignorant - but what is the real point of the expo ??

Posted by: rwm on February 18, 2009 8:35 PM

大國崛起! 可喜可賀.

Posted by: solopolo on February 18, 2009 11:03 PM

I'm going for sure! It's like Las Vegas, you can go around the world in a day. (Of course in Las Vegas you can time travel too, and go to ancient Egypt!)

Posted by: Greg on February 24, 2009 10:35 AM

I was in Shanghai last week and i saw extreme promotion and banners everywhere about this expo. But I wonder why so early promoting ? Is it something very very grand ? Seems like an olympic event.

Posted by: kbguy on February 24, 2009 9:08 PM

I was in Shanghai last week and i saw extreme promotion and banners everywhere about this expo. But I wonder why so early promoting ? Is it something very very grand ? Seems like an olympic event.

Posted by: kbguy on February 24, 2009 11:04 PM

crisis is here and the huge olympic Beijing construction is giving a hard time to the chinese people, millions of dollar is the the cost for the manntences, but well is simple for China leave there like that who cares!!!! thounsands of hotels in Beijing are empty and thounsands of empty buildings...i was in the Double Tree Hilton in Beijing in January only 8 tourists in that cold hotel!!! my recomendation is cheap to stop and cancel the Shangai Expo Site that keep the construction ahead...
if not see the empty hotel in Beijing is better burn on purpose that hotel and the insurance pay that keep empty of customers dont u think????

Posted by: Edwin on February 25, 2009 4:19 AM