What's On
Editor's note: Shanghai World Expo 2010 offers a valuable opportunity for Australia and China to strengthen existing relationships and develop new areas of cooperation, said Lyndall Sachs, commissioner general of the Australian Pavilion, who talks about the pavilion and world Expo preparations with China Daily reporter Wang Zhenghua.
Two bronze carts from the mausoleum of Qinshihuang, the first emperor of a unified China, will be on display at the World Expo in Shanghai this year, more than 2,200 years after they were built.
Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama wished the Shanghai 2010 World Expo "a complete success" in a video shown in Shanghai Wednesday, one day before the 100-day countdown of the event.
The largest jade sculpture of sea goddess Mazu on the mainland will be exhibited at Fujian Province's Expo 2010 pavilion, which will offer a close-up look at the province's landscape, culture and performances.
Central China's Hubei Province, known for its rich water resources, will create a flowing exhibition at the 2010 World Expo, from the philosophy of water to people's wisdom in using it.
The first batch of components for the Hunan Pavilion is heading to Shanghai, making Central China's Hunan Province one of the first domestic participants to start pavilion construction and exhibition arrangement.
Staff at the World Expo 2010's Norwegian Pavilion will wear uniforms inspired by the Scandinavian country's traditional mountain anoraks and highlighting traditional Chinese red.
For Reinhard Kropf and Siv Helene Stangeland, the Norwegian couple who designed this year's $22.8-million (156 million yuan) Norway pavilion, nature holds the key to a better life.
The search is on for two people from Shaanxi Province who most resemble Emperor Xuanzong of the Tang Dynasty (618-907 AD) and his consort Yang Yuhuan.
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.
