What is the Shanghai World Expo?

The World Expo, also known as the International Expo and the World Expo, is an international gathering. Exhibitors showed the world the achievements of contemporary culture, science and technology and industry, which had a positive impact on all areas of life.

meaning

The purpose of hosting the World Expo is to make the participating countries get extensive contacts and exchanges on the theme through an international exhibition platform. The World Expo is a record of the wisdom of social civilization at that time and a prospect for the future.

However, not every World Expo has successfully expressed a strong theme. Many World Expos have become the keynote of large natural history museums, and some amazing and novel exhibits in the exhibition have become permanent treasures.

history

The origin of the World Expo is the regular market of European businessmen in the Middle Ages. At first, the market only involved economy and trade. By the19th century, the status of European business society was improved, the market scale was gradually expanded, the types of commodity transactions and the number of participants increased, and the scope of influence was expanded, from economy to art of life to ideal philosophy of life ... by the19th1920s, this large-scale market was called Expo.

The first World Expo was held in London, England in 185 1. At that time, Britain's national strength ranked first in the world, and Britain hoped to show its national strength through large-scale exhibitions. The British proudly call this large-scale exposition a "big exhibition". Among about 654.38+million exhibits on display, steam engines, agricultural machinery, looms and other machinery that promoted the industrial revolution attracted attention; These brand-new exhibits became the exhibits of two museums after the meeting, including the Victoria and Albert Museum established by 1852 and the Kensington Science and Technology Museum established by 1853. At the beginning of the World Expo, most of them are popular and comprehensive expositions, such as celebrating the centenary of the founding of the People's Republic of China, the French Revolution100th anniversary and so on. In modern times, with the progress of science and technology, holding the World Expo has increasingly become a professional exposition mode to explore the relationship between new technology and life.

Moreover, the theme of the World Expo is mostly based on the scientific and technological achievements at that time to meet the needs of the social climate at that time. For example, during the two world wars and the World Expo during the Cold War, the central ideas of most expositions are "peace" and "building tomorrow"; By the end of 2 1 century, environmental protection had also become the focus of the World Expo at that time.

There is no rule on how many years the World Expo can be held. However, the formal bid request should not be earlier than nine years before the scheduled opening date of the World Expo. Basically, the bidding country submits an application for the World Expo to the Bureau of International Exhibitions, proposing the holding time and specific theme content, which is decided by the Bureau of International Exhibitions at the general meeting of member States. After the successful application for World Heritage, the host country will make overall plans, and other countries can also be invited to participate in the World Expo, so that different countries can exchange culture and technology with each other and contribute to the progress of the world tomorrow. Countries/cities hosting the World Expo will also attach great importance to this event, because it is an indicator of national prosperity.

Benefits of hosting the World Expo

Generally speaking, countries hosting the World Expo can get the following benefits:

The host country can promote its products and scientific research achievements to overseas people who have been watching the World Expo, promote the international market and develop international trade and scientific and technological cooperation.

The host country can improve its status by hosting this international competition.

Great leap forward in economy and trade.

Through the exchange of advanced technologies among countries on the Expo platform, the host country and the participating countries can broaden their horizons.

The host city can speed up urban construction by hosting the Expo.

prospect

Expo 20 10 will be held in Shanghai. Shanghai Municipal Government applied in May 20001and won the bid in February 2002. By 20 10, it will take nearly 10 years to prepare and realize the dream of the World Expo.

List of previous world expositions

Date Host Country/City Name Type Days Tens of thousands of notes (bold as the theme)

185 1 UK/London International Industrial Works Exhibition Complex 140 604 Exhibition Hall Crystal Palace won the special prize.

1855 France/Paris Expo synthesis 150 5 16 agriculture, industry and art

1862 UK/London World Expo Crafts 104 609

1867 The 2nd Paris World Expo/Paris Synthesis 2 10 923 added cultural content.

1873 Austria-Hungary/Vienna World Expo 106 725 Unprecedented architectural design.

1876 United States/Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of American Independence 159 800 New houses, telephones, typewriters and sewing machines.

1878 The 3rd Paris World Expo/Paris Comprehensive 190 16 16 exhibited cars, refrigerators and the phonograph invented by Edison.

1883 Netherlands/Amsterdam Amsterdam International Expo Synthesis 100 880 Horticulture and Flower Exhibition

1889 France/Paris World Expo (1889) Synthesis 182 25 12 The Eiffel Tower was completed in the centenary of the French Revolution.

1893 USA/Chicago Columbus memorial Expo synthesis 183 2700 Columbus discovered the new continent for 400 years.

1900 The 5th Paris World Expo in France/Paris is a comprehensive review of the 2 10 5000 century.

1904 USA/St. Louis Centennial Expo St. Louis Comprehensive 185 1969 The city was built a hundred years ago and the Olympic Games were held in the same year.

1908 Britain/London Expo Comprehensive 220 1200 Olympic Games was held in the same year.

19 15 USA/San Francisco Panama Pacific Expo Comprehensive 288 1883 Celebrates the Navigation of Panama Canal.

1925 Paris International Decorative Art Fair/Paris Professional 195 1500 Promotion of "New Literary Fashion"

1926 USA/Philadelphia 150th Anniversary Expo Comprehensive 183600 Commemorating America150, a gymnasium with 65438+ 10,000 people was built.

1933 USA/Chicago World Expo 170 2257 Progress Century

1935 Belgium/Brussels Expo synthesis 150 2000 Peace through competition

1937 Paris Art World Expo/Paris Professional 93 870 Modern World Art and Technology

1939 USA/San Francisco World Expo 340 4500 Complex Tomorrow World

1958 Belgium/Brussels World Expo Synthesis 186 4 150 Science, Civilization and Humanities

1962 USA/Seattle 2 1 Century Expo 184 964 Humans in the space age.

1964 new york World Expo USA/new york Synthesis 360 5 167 Towards Peace through Understanding.

1967 Canada/World Expo Montreal 185 503 1 People and the World

1970 Japan/Osaka World Expo Synthesis 183 6422 Human progress and harmony

197 1 Hungary/Budapest world hunting Expo specialty 4 190 the influence of hunting on people and art

1974 USA/Expo Spokane 1974 Professional 184 480 Celebrate tomorrow's fresh environment.

1975 Japan/Okinawa Okinawa World Ocean Expo Specialty 183 349 Sea-The future is boundless.

1982 USA/Knoxville World Energy Expo Specialty1521113 Energy drives the world.

1984 USA/Louise Anna Expo Major, New Orleans 184 734 River world, water is the source of life.

1985 Japan/Tsukuba Expo Major 184 2033 Living and Environment, Human Home Technology

1986 Canada/Vancouver World Transport Expo Specialty 165 22 1 1 World Communication, World Pulse

1988 Australia /Brisben Brisben Expo major 184 1857 Leisure life in the age of science and technology.

1992 Italy/Genoa Genoa World Expo 92 800 Columbus, Ship and Ocean

1992 Spain/Seville Expo Synthesis 176 4 100 Exploration Era

1993 Korea/Daejeon World Expo 93 1400 Challenge the new road of development.

1998 Portugal/Lisbon Expo Specialty 132 1000 Ocean, future assets

Expo 2000 Hanover, Germany +053+ 1800, integrating human, nature and technology.

In 2005, Japan/Aichi Love. Geophone Major 185 2200 Natural Wisdom

Major in 2008 World Expo Zaragoza, Spain? ? Water and sustainable development

China/Shanghai World Expo 20 10? ? Better city, better life