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The journey of human civilization has reached a new height since today. China 20 10 Shanghai World Expo, a century dream with beautiful expectations of hundreds of millions of people, a scientific grand meeting to experience the fruits of human civilization passionately, and a harmonious stage to pursue communication, communication, dialogue and cooperation, is presented to the world in the warm spring breeze.

The Expo, which carries the mission of promoting the progress of human civilization, was brought to developing countries for the first time, ending the history that it was a "patent of developed countries"; For the first time, the theme of the city is to explore the direction of the times of human sustainable development; The practice area was set up for the first time, which started the practice after the Expo. In the Expo history of 159, the Shanghai World Expo is setting a new coordinate in the continuous journey of human pursuit of scientific development.

An unprecedented gathering across countries, nationalities and cultures

On May 1 day, with the magical "magnetic levitation" golden key turning, the civilized grand event with the largest number of exhibitors in the history of the World Expo officially kicked off. In the following 180 days, 42 self-built pavilions and 1 1 joint pavilions in the 5.28 square kilometers Expo Park on both sides of Pujiang officially opened their doors to welcome guests.

246 countries and international organizations will participate in the exhibition, 188 National Pavilion Days and 29 International Organization Honor Days. It is estimated that the number of visitors at home and abroad will exceed 70 million ... The Shanghai World Expo will become an unprecedented grand event spanning countries, nationalities and cultures, and become the collective imagination of human beings for a better life in the future city.

On the first day of opening, the French Pavilion was crowded with outsiders. Enthusiastic tourists lined up early to see the charm of France with the theme of "Perceiving the City". In the museum, the masterpieces handed down by impressionist painters are presented collectively-Cezanne's Woman by the Coffee Pot, bonnard's dressing room, Van Gogh's ballroom, Miller's Late Bell, Manet's Balcony, Gauguin's Dining, and Rodin's world-renowned sculpture Bronze Age, waiting for tasting.

It is very rare for seven "national treasures" to be exhibited abroad at the same time in French history, and the insurance amount of five items exceeds 654.38 billion euros. Frank Cerano, director of the French Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo, said that only half a century ago, General De Gaulle gave special permission to send Mona Lisa to the United States for exhibition. The French newspaper le figaro said: "All France is working hard for the World Expo."

Comac, a British student from Fudan University who is visiting the Expo Park, exclaimed: I can't imagine any other exhibition that can be so attractive!

Not just France. At the Shanghai World Expo, many countries showed people their national treasures and cases that condensed the crystallization of civilization. Denmark's "Little Mermaid", Seychelles' national treasure Adabola Elephant Turtle, New Zealand Silver Jubilee, Japanese New Concept Car, Russian Lunar Rover ... Chen, the master planner of the theme interpretation of the Shanghai World Expo and the director of the Shanghai Museum, confirmed that 330 top treasures were exhibited in the museums and urban footprint halls of this World Expo, "which is unique in the modern history of the world".

It looks like robotech's "Purple Silkworm Island"-as soon as the Japanese Pavilion opens, tourists flock to it. This "Breathing" exhibition hall, which is covered with the membrane structure of solar power generation devices, will enlighten people's thinking on sustainable development and the new form of urban life in the 2 1 century through the wonderful display of tradition and modernity, inheritance and innovation, history and future.

Russia set up a self-built pavilion at the World Expo for the first time, and Germany built the largest pavilion since participating in the Expo ... "Seeds of the future", "Power of dreams", "Inheritance of culture" and "Interaction between urban and rural areas" ... The wonderful picture of the future opened on the Huangpu River, and the colorful journey of civilization set off, playing the fantasy of spiritual harmony here-a global civilization across the gap, gathering in the Expo Park.

"In terms of scale, capital, resources and wisdom, countries have invested more in their pavilions at the Shanghai World Expo than ever before." Zhou Hanmin, deputy director of the Executive Committee of the Shanghai World Expo, said: "This is an unprecedented event of civilization."

The World Expo has opened a new realm from here.

159 years ago, the first World Expo was held in the Crystal Palace in London, England, and it was a great success. In the Crystal Palace, national flags are flying and tourists are jostling with each other. More than 20 countries participated in the exhibition, and more than 6 million people visited it. The exhibition area is 96,000 square meters, with more than 6,543,800 exhibits. However, after entering the 2 1 century, the glory of the World Expo seems to be fading, and even the "World Expo obsolescence theory" has appeared.

Today, the 159 World Expo is full of young people from China and Shanghai. Shanghai World Expo's contribution to the world is far more than a grand ceremony and a grand event. It has opened up a new realm from here.

The expansion from traditional product display to the exchange of innovative ideas and experiences, from the display of realistic achievements to the prospect and imagination of the future is a major feature of the Shanghai World Expo and a historic change of the Expo. In the exhibition area of Puxi Garden District of the World Expo Park, which is about 15 hectare, "living" cases in four fields, such as livable homeland, sustainable urbanization, protection and utilization of historical heritage and scientific and technological innovation of built environment, have attracted waves of visitors' surprised eyes like magnets. From the ingenious big bamboo building to the "zero-carbon community", from the "Shanghai ecologist" in Shanghai to the zero landfill of garbage in Taiwan Province Province, from the new structure of the building to the utilization of new energy, amazing cases explore the possibilities of the future sustainable development of the city.

The "Urban Best Practice Area" initiated by the Shanghai World Expo is the initiative of "Practicing the Future". "Urban Best Practice Area" shows the vivid reality and prospects of various "representative cities". "Open the door of the future city, lead a new way of life, promote the harmony between people and the city and nature, promote the construction of a safe, civilized and happy city, and promote the all-round development of people" —— Luo Cetus, secretary general of the Bureau of International Expositions, praised this, saying that "best practices" should be displayed in every future World Expo, and the "practical journey" of the World Expo will begin in Shanghai.

The World Expo, which was born in the roar of steam engines, entered China for the first time, which also made developing countries become attached to the World Expo for the first time. Wu Jianmin, honorary chairman of the Bureau of International Expositions, said that the Shanghai World Expo opened a new chapter in the history of the Expo, which made the Expo enter the developing countries and truly made the Expo a grand event for mankind.