Information about the World Expo

Overview of World Expo

Expo for short is an international exposition. The World Expo is an international exposition with great influence and a long history organized or entrusted by the host country government. It has a history of more than one hundred years. At first, it mainly displayed fine arts and traditional handicrafts. Later, it gradually became an exhibition of science and technology and industrial technology, and became a rare place to train industrial talents and enlighten ordinary citizens.

The venue of the World Expo is not only to display technology and commodities, but also to be accompanied by colorful performances and charming and spectacular scenery. It is set as a space full of festive atmosphere that cannot be experienced in daily life, and it has become an ideal place for ordinary citizens to entertain and consume.

The origin of the World Expo

In ancient farming society, people often carried out trading activities in festivals, religious ceremonies and celebrations to celebrate the harvest, and later gradually developed into large-scale trade and exhibition gatherings with fixed places for the purpose of exchanging goods. This is the earliest form of the World Expo.

In the 5th century A.D., Persia held its first exhibition beyond the market function.

/kloc-in the 0/8th century, with the continuous emergence of new technologies and products, people gradually thought of holding an exhibition similar to the market, but only for exhibition and not for sale, with the purpose of publicizing and displaying new products and achievements.

179 1 year, the Czech Republic held such an exhibition in Prague for the first time. With the progress of science and technology and the development of social productive forces, the scale of the exhibition has gradually expanded, and the geographical scope of the exhibition has expanded from one place to the whole country, from home to abroad, until it has developed into a world exposition with the participation of many countries.

The history of the World Expo

185 1 year, the world's first world exposition-great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations was held in Hyde Park, London, England. The exhibition lasts from May 185 1 to October 1, and the main contents are world culture and industrial technology.

1867 The Paris World Expo has already taken shape as a modern world Expo.

After World War II, people all over the world rebuilt their homes on the ruined ruins, and on the basis of resuming production and economic recovery, the first post-war World Expo was held in Brussels, Belgium on 1958, with the theme of "Science, Civilization and Humanity". In order to embody the theme of science, the Brussels World Expo has built a spherical exhibition hall with atomic energy structure, which represents the symbol of mankind entering the new century of scientific and technological progress. Its unique and novel shape, although nearly half a century later, is still vivid. The splendor and richness of the World Expo almost eclipsed previous World Expos.

1962, Seattle, USA held a small-scale professional exposition on "Humans in the Space Age". The Expo exhibited brand-new advanced technology, vending machines and monorail, which was a great success.

1964, in order to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of new york, new york hosted the World Expo again, although the theme was elegant, "Towards peace through understanding". However, the strong commercial atmosphere of the Expo stopped the audience and lost the significance of commemorative activities. The World Expo was first held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. The Japanese call it the World Expo, which embodies "the progress and harmony of mankind" and shows the audience Japan's development and achievements in various aspects after the Tokyo Olympic Games. Thanks to this Expo, Japan will maintain a strong momentum in its economic development in the next 10 year.

1985, the World Expo was held again in Tsukuba, a new scientific and cultural city more than 50 kilometers away from Tokyo. The theme of the Expo is "life and environment, human home technology". A year later, Canada held an Expo with the theme of "transportation" to commemorate the 0/00th anniversary of Vancouver/KLOC.

1988 is the 200th anniversary of British settlement in Australia. In order to remember this day, Australia hosted the World Expo in Brisbane, the eastern gold coast city. The theme of this Expo is "Leisure Life in the Age of Science and Technology". It shows that in today's era of extremely developed science and technology, human beings are not listening and entertaining. All countries have made a big fuss about this theme, reflecting the richness of human life with sports, entertainment, tourism, leisure, cooking, gardening and so on.

1990, Osaka, Japan held the International Flower and Green Expo with the theme of "Man and Nature". The theme of the exhibition is world horticulture, as a commemorative activity to celebrate Osaka's "New Beginnings"100th anniversary. There are 82 countries participating in this exhibition, and 55 international organizations and Japanese provinces, cities and large enterprises have set up exhibition halls or booths respectively. It has achieved hundreds of large-scale world horticultural expositions in Asia and achieved great success.

1992 is the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. To this end, the Spanish government held the World Expo in Seville, and named the theme of the Expo "The Age of Discovery". The World Expo covers an area of 4.78 million square meters, with more than 65,438+000 countries participating. China Pavilion, with an audience of more than 60 million people, exhibited four great inventions and Long March rockets, and was rated as a "five-star pavilion".

1993 Daejeon World Expo, Korea, which is the first World Expo held by a developing country in the world (recognized category). The theme is "a new way to take off". The China Pavilion displays space science and technology, the Three Gorges Project and so on. It received 3.5 million visitors, ranking the highest among all pavilions, and was rated as one of the five best pavilions.

1998 World Expo Lisbon Portugal. 1998 is the International Year of the Ocean approved by the United Nations, and the theme of the Expo is "Ocean-Wealth of the Future".

1999 China applied for Kunming AI Professional World Horticultural Exposition. On May 1, China 1999 World Horticultural Exposition was grandly opened in Kunming, Yunnan. This is the first global horticultural activity held in China, and its theme is "Man and Nature, Towards 2 1 century". The World Expo shows the horticultural traditions and varieties of various countries and attracts thousands of tourists from all over the world every day. It lasted 184 days and ended at 1, 999, 1, 3 1.

The theme of the 2000 World Expo in Hanover, Germany is "Human, Nature, Science and Technology", with a total of 172 participating countries and organizations, which is the largest number of participating countries, regions and organizations in previous world expositions.

In 2005, Aichi Expo with the theme of "Natural Wisdom" was the latest registered Expo, and China Pavilion received 5.7 million visitors, making it the most popular pavilion.

List of world expositions

Name of host country/city

British/London World Industrial Works Exhibition

1853 France/Paris World Expo

1862 UK/London World Expo

1867 The Second World Expo in Paris, France/Paris

1873 Austria-Hungary/Vienna World Expo

1876 America/Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of American Independence

1878 The Third World Expo in Paris, France/Paris

1883 Netherlands/Amsterdam International Expo

1889 France/Paris World Expo (1889)

1893 USA/Chicago Columbus Memorial Expo

1900 The 5th Paris World Expo, France/Paris

1904 America/St. Louis Centennial Expo

1908 UK/London World Expo

19 15 USA/San Francisco Panama Pacific Expo

1925 International Decorative Art Fair in Paris, France

1926 USA/Philadelphia150th World Expo

1933 USA/Chicago World Expo

1935 Belgium/Brussels World Expo

France/Paris Paris Art World Fair

1939 USA/new york World Expo

1958 Belgium/Brussels World Expo

1962 USA/Seattle 2 1 century Expo

1964 USA/new york World Expo

1967 World Expo Montreal, Canada

1970 Japan/Osaka World Expo

197 1 Hungary/Budapest World Hunting Expo

1974 USA/Expo Spokane 1974

1975 Japan/Okinawa World Ocean Expo

1982 USA/Knoxville World Energy Expo

1984 World Expo in Louisiana, USA/New Orleans

1985 Japan/Tsukuba Expo

1986 Canada/Vancouver World Transport Expo

1988 Australia/Brisben Brisben World Expo

1990 World Expo Genoa, Italy

1992 Spain/Seville World Expo

1993 Korea/Daejeon World Expo

1998 Lisbon Expo, Portugal

Germany/Hanover World Expo 2000

Japan/Aichi Love in 2005. Earth Expo

Spain/Zaragoza Expo 2008

20 10 China Shanghai world Expo

20 12 Korea/Lishui Lishui World Expo

20 15 Italy/Milan Expo

Introduction of Expo management team

The International Exhibition Bureau, which is responsible for coordinating and managing the World Expo, is abbreviated as "BIE" in English. The Bureau of International Exhibitions was established in 1928, with its headquarters in Paris, France, and its charter is the Convention on International Exhibitions. The Convention was signed in Paris on 1928 by representatives of 3 countries and governments, and was revised on 1948, 1966 and 1972 respectively.

The purpose of BIE is to promote economic, cultural, scientific and technological exchanges and development among countries in the world by coordinating and hosting the World Expo. The permanent body of the Bureau of International Exhibitions is the Secretariat, and the Secretary-General is the highest leader of the Bureau. The current Secretary-General is Mr. RalfLose Thiel.

What is the International Association of Horticultural Producers?

The English name of the International Horticultural Producers Association is the International Horticultural Producers Association.

What is the relationship between BIE and AIPH?

According to the regulations of the International Horticultural Producers Association, non-member countries must first obtain the approval of the International Horticultural Producers Association (AIPH), and then be recommended by the Association and reported to the International Expo Bureau for approval and registration. 1994 10 10, the 46th General Assembly of the International Horticultural Producers Association passed a resolution, agreeing to accept China as a member of the Association.

Member States of the Bureau of International Exhibitions

By the end of May 1999, the list of member countries of the Bureau of International Exhibitions was ***87, as follows:

Europe (30): Austria, Belgium, Belarus, Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Britain, Greece, Hungary, Italy, Monaco, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Slovakia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Ukraine and Ireland.

North America (2): Canada, USA

Central America (65,438+06): Antigua and Barbuda, Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominica, El Salvador, Grenada, Haiti, Mexico, Nicaragua, Saint Kitts and Nevis, Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, Saint Lucia, Trinidad and Tobago.

South America (8): Argentina, Colombia, Guyana, Peru, Suriname, Uruguay, Venezuela and Brazil.

Africa (1 1): Algeria, Madagascar, Morocco, Namibia, Nigeria, Seychelles, South Africa, Tanzania, Congo, Tunisia and Uganda.

Asia (13): Bangladesh, Cambodia, China, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Korea, Laos, Lebanon, Malaysia, Mongolia, Oman, Philippines, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan.

Oceania (3): Australia, Nauru, Palau

As of March 5, 2009, there was 154.

Rules for holding city elections

The World Expo is an international large-scale exhibition sponsored by a government and attended by many countries or international organizations, which shows the achievements of mankind in the social, economic, cultural and scientific fields. It has the characteristics of long holding time, large exhibition scale, many participating countries and far-reaching influence.

Since 185 1 held its first exhibition in London, England, the World Expo has enjoyed the reputation of "Olympic Games in the fields of economy, science and technology and culture" because of its rapid development, and has been held for 40 times so far. According to the latest regulations of the Bureau of International Exhibitions, world expositions can be divided into two types according to their nature, scale and duration: one is a registered (formerly called comprehensive) world exposition, which usually lasts for six months and is held every five years; The other is a recognized (formerly known as professional) World Expo, which usually lasts for three months and is held once between two registered World Expos. The registered world Expo is different from the general trade promotion and economic investment promotion exhibitions, and it is the highest-level Expo in the world.

The Bureau of International Exhibitions (BIE) is an intergovernmental international organization, which is specialized in supervising and guaranteeing the implementation of the Convention on International Exhibitions, coordinating and managing the holding of the World Expo, and ensuring the level of the Expo. As of June 2002, it has 89 member countries. 1In May 1993, the Bureau of International Exhibitions officially accepted China as its 46th member. According to the election rules, the member countries of the Bureau of International Exhibitions, big or small, each have one vote. In the first round of voting, if the candidate city wins more than two-thirds of the votes, it will become the host city of the 20 10 World Expo. If no candidate city gets the required number of votes in the first round of voting, a second round of voting will be held, but the city with the least number of votes in the first round of voting will no longer participate in the competition. In the second round of voting, the candidate city that won more than two-thirds of the votes was elected. If no city gets more than two-thirds of the votes, the third round of voting will continue in the above way until the two cities with the most votes are elected. The final competition will be held in these two cities, and the one with more votes will get the right to host it.

The bidding procedure for the World Expo

Application:

According to the regulations of BIE, countries interested in hosting the World Expo are not allowed to submit a formal application to BIE nine years before the hosting date and pay the registration fee of 10%. The application letter includes the date and theme of the opening and closing ceremonies, and the legal status of the organizing Committee. BIE will inform the governments of member countries of this application and inform them of their intention to participate in the competition within six months from the date of arrival of the notice.

Investigation:

Six months after submitting the application letter, the chairman of the BIE Executive Committee will organize an inspection according to the regulations to ensure the feasibility of the application. The inspection was presided over by a vice chairman of BIE, and several delegates, experts and the Secretary-General attended the meeting. All expenses shall be borne by the applicant. The contents of the inspection include: theme and definition, opening date and duration, location, area (total area, upper and lower limits of the area that can be allocated to each exhibitor), expected number of visitors, financial feasibility and financial guarantee measures, the organizer's method of calculating the participation fee and the allocation of financial and material resources (to reduce the cost of each participating country), policies and measures to ensure the participating countries, and the attitudes of the government and various organizations interested in participating in the exhibition.

Voting:

If the preparatory work of the bidding country is supported by the delegation, the plenary session will vote eight years before the holding date as usual. If there is more than one bidding country, the plenary session will hold a secret ballot.

If the bidding country gets two-thirds of the votes after the first round of voting, it will be awarded the right to host. If any application fails to get two-thirds of the votes, another vote will be held, and the country with the least votes in each vote will be eliminated, and then the host country will be determined according to the principle of two-thirds of the votes. When only two countries participate in the competition, the host country shall be determined according to the principle of simple majority.

Registration:

The country that has won the right to hold the exhibition shall register the exhibition according to the general rules formulated by BIE and the examination and acceptance documents determined in the exhibition contract (draft). The application for registration should be submitted to BIE five years before the opening date. This is also the time for the host government to start sending invitations to other countries through diplomatic channels. Registration means that the host government formally assumes the responsibilities put forward in its application and recognizes the standards put forward by BIE, so as to ensure the orderly development of the Expo and protect the interests of all member States. BIE will charge the host government 90% of the registration fee when it receives the registration application, and the amount will be determined according to the rules adopted by the BIE plenary meeting.

Classification and level of World Expo

A brief introduction to the classification of world expositions

According to the regulations of the Bureau of International Exhibitions, world expositions can be divided into two types according to their nature, scale and duration: one is a registered (also called comprehensive) world exposition, which usually lasts for six months and has been held every five years since 2000; The other is a recognized (also known as professional) World Expo, which usually lasts for three months and is held once between two registered World Expos. The registered world Expo is different from the general trade promotion and economic investment promotion exhibitions, and it is the highest-level Expo in the world. Registered exhibitions are divided into four levels: A 1, A2, B 1 and B2. A 1 class is recognized as the highest level of the exhibition.

A 1 main terms of the world horticultural exposition

According to the regulations of the International Horticultural Producers Association:

①A 1 Expo must cover all fields including gardening;

② Minimum exhibition area: 50 square meters (500,000 square meters), in which the building occupied area is 10% of the total area (excluding the building area for indoor exhibition); ③ At least 5% exhibition area should be reserved for international exhibitors;

④ At least 10 different countries participated in the exhibition;

⑤ Financial guarantee: 20,000 Swiss francs;

⑥A 1 Expo shall be held no more than once a year;

⑦ Every country can't hold A 1 Expo once every 10 year, with the shortest duration of 3 months and the longest duration of 6 months;

(8) Providing venues free of charge and providing financial assistance to underdeveloped countries.

China and the World Expo

? China joined the Bureau of International Exhibitions.

Approved by the State Council and confirmed by the Bureau of International Exhibitions, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade formally applied to join the Bureau of International Exhibitions on May 3rd 1993, and was elected as a member of the Information Committee of the Bureau of International Exhibitions on February 3rd 1993.

When did the China Municipal Government first participate in the World Expo? The government of China sent its own representative for the first time. The national Expo is 1876 Philadelphia Expo. At that time, the representative of China's industry and commerce was Gui Li. He is a wise, brave, resourceful and courageous China man, but he was overwhelmed by that era. Gui Li wrote a book called "A New Record of Traveling Around the World", which recorded the 1876 Philadelphia World Expo. Although he is the only China person in the China delegation, it is the first time that China people have officially set foot on the World Expo.

China's things at the party amounted to 720 boxes, worth about two hundred and two thousand pieces of silver. The land of old things is smaller than Japan and quite insufficient. This is not an injustice between the society and the ground. My original plan was only 8000 square feet. At first, there were too many unexpected things.

This is a great event for China people to see the world with their eyes wide open. Taixi is rich in natural products and powerful in national strength, which deeply touched the first batch of China people who are no longer waiting for death, but who have risen to save.

? China participated in the World Expo for the first time

China's first participation in the World Expo should have started at the Vienna World Expo in 1873, and the way of China's participation is also a wonder of the Expo itself. Because the representative of China is an Englishman named EoCoBowra. He was sent to represent China, neither the imperial court nor an official of the imperial court, but Hurd, the general tax department of the Qing Dynasty at that time. After 1840, China's customs and foreign trade were entrusted to foreigners. Hurd sent Paula to participate in Saiqi Expo on behalf of China in order to expand China's business ties with foreign countries and gain more profits.

? New China has participated in all previous World Expositions.

Since 1982, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade has organized the China Pavilion to participate in the World Expo nine times in the name of the country, entrusted by the government of China. Namely:

1982 Knoxville Energy Expo;

1984 "Water Source" World Expo in New Orleans, USA;

1985 Tsukuba "Science and Technology" Expo;

1986 Vancouver "Traffic" Expo;

World Expo Brisbane, Australia 1988 "Amateur Life in the Age of Science and Technology";

1992 World Expo Genoa, Italy "Ships and Oceans";

Expo 1992 Seville, Spain "The Age of Discovery";

1993 "the new way to take off" of Daejeon World Expo in Korea;

Expo Lisbon, Portugal 1998 "Ocean-Future Wealth".

Among them, China Pavilion was rated as "Five-Star Pavilion" twice and "Best Foreign Pavilion" once in 1988 Brisbane, 1992 Seville and 1993 Daejeon World Expo.

? Previous World Expositions and China World Expositions

1. 1999 Kunming World Expo;

2.2006 Shenyang World Expo;

3.20 10 Shanghai World Expo;

4.20 1 1 Xi 'an World Expo;