Zhou Hanmin, deputy director of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai Executive Committee, congratulates on the Taiwan Pavilion's showcase on behalf of Shanghai Party Secretary Yu Zhengsheng during a visit …

A full-scale glider plane modeled on a 1495 design made by Leonardo Da Vinci was unveiled at the Lombardy Region Show at the Italy Pavilion yesterday.

Uluru, also called Ayers Rock, is a large sandstone rock formation in central Australia. Tuesday marked the 25th anniversary of the Australian icon's return to its original owners.

The 4D popular science documentary screened at the Petrolieum Pavilion, which features the discovery of petrolieum in China, will be reproduced after the World Expo to make it more enthralling, a s…

Syria celebrated its Pavilion Day today at Expo Center with dances.

Iraq celebrated its Pavilion Day with music performance at Expo Center yesterday afternoon.

Hasan Abu-Libdeh, Minister of National Economy of Palestinian National Authority, Hua Juntuo, China's Commissioner General to Expo 2010 and Chen Gonglai, China's deputy Commissioner General to Expo…

Twelve paintings by Nathalie Rey, a female artist from Chad, were on display at the Joint-Africa Pavilion yesterday. Her paintings are usually filled with warm colors, such as red, orange and yello…

"Down to Earth" is a ten-year Swedish initiative which involves space agencies, companies and universities to develop sustainable innovations inspired by space solutions. The programme aims for ind…

The Luxembourg Pavilion showcased the European nation's friendship with China as well as its culture, history, economy and environment, said Luxembourg's Grand Duke Duc Henri during the ceremony at…

The Bremen Pavilion at the Urban Best Practices Area yesterday celebrates its special day with music from the European Choir Academy.

Eric Verwaal, Consul General of the Netherlands in Shanghai, delivered his best wishes to the new couples. Each newly wed received a marriage certificate issued by the Dutch Pavilion.

Robots contestants competed yesterday in Swedish Pavilion for Digital Youth Award's Robotics Category Global Final.

The government bodies involved in the events included South African Department of Science and Technology, Department of Water Affairs and Department of Energy. They are holding a series of activiti…

Chinese national flags have been put up at the China Pavilion, Expo Boulevard and Expo Avenue to celebrate the National Day tomorrow, the 61st anniversary of the founding of the People's Republic o…

As part of the "Year of Australian Culture in China" program, the eight Australian artists are holding an exhibition entitled "Australian Impression" in several Chinese cities including Xi'an, Chen…

The Russia Pavilion, themed "New Russia: City and Citizen," throws a party tonight to celebrate its National Pavilion Day at the Expo Center.

The pavilion is shaped like a traditional moon boat. Its top is planted with date palms to create an oasis that includes traditional Bedouin tents.

The Coca-Cola Pavilion fanned up the holiday spirit of China's Mid-Autumn Festival yesterday by distributing red lanterns to its visitors.

The film, part of the Navarre Week activities at the pavilion, will run through September 26. The first 5,000 visitors to the pavilion every day during the week will each get a red sash, a typical …

The Tajikistan Pavilion has attracted more than 3 million visitors so far, which means one from every 17 Expo visitors has experienced the traditional Tajikistani family setting in the pavilion. By…

Spanish Pavilion this morning celebrated the Navarre Day by unveiling a short 3D bullrunning film. Bullrunning festival is a traditional Spanish event, whose official Spanish name is “San Fermin” F…

Martin Garcia Moritan, the commissioner general of Argentina at Expo 2010, presented the boy with a football shirt of the Argentine National Team, a CD of tango music and a meal of genuine Argentin…

The South Africa Pavilion last night launched a food and wine week with a grand opening ceremony attended by a group of chefs and wine tasters from South Africa.

A week promoting Suzhou's Taicang City kicked off yesterday in Suzhou Pavilion in Urban Best Practices Area.

The China Pavilion's big screen yesterday played more than 3,000 Teacher's Day greeting messages collected from people. Some outstanding teachers also offered open classes in various Expo pavilions.

Yin Yue, a student from Fudan University, was the luckiest of all as he also won VIP trips to the Netherlands Pavilion, Norway Pavilion and Finland Pavilion via similar lucky draws. It was his nint…

Renowned Swiss light artist Gerry Hofstetter, who has illuminated many global landmarks, will bring his light palette to Shanghai for his

The Cervantes Institute Week, which began on Tuesday in the Spain Pavilion, is aimed at promoting Spanish learning. The institute, founded by the Spanish government in 1991, is a worldwide non-prof…

Four Spanish experts and one Chinese expert shared their views on urban planning. The Spanish experts talked about urban issues in Spain such as over-consumption of land, environmental deterioratio…

Greek Culture and Tourism Minister Pavlos Geroulanos attended the opening ceremony. He said that China and Greece represent the oldest culture for the east and the west. The event aims to show a ch…

From September 4 to 7, a Brazilian song and dance ensemble will entertain visitors at the America Square with flamboyant Latin music and swings. Some of their performances are exclusively created f…

Focusing on the ancient city, the pavilion showcases the lives of Vietnamese citizens, the country's history, culture and urban development in recent years. Exhibits include Vietnam's famous coffee…

Senen Florensa, director of the European Institute of the Mediterranean, said the exhibition is mainly designed to build closer relations between Chinese and Westerners.

A scattering of sculptures placed in downtown Jing'an Park are a pleasant surprise to visitors. They are created by sculptors around the world, each vivid in expression and style.

The students also invited other Expo visitors to sign their statement and demonstrated their products made from recyclable materials.

Another concept vehicle, YeZ, was developed by SAIC. It looks like a leaf and can absorb carbon dioxide and water molecules in the air and convert them into power through a series of chemical react…

The Japanese Industry Pavilion staff workers donated 100,000 yuan (US$14,663) to mudslide victims in Zhouqu, Gansu Province, today.

"We will give the Little Mermaid a big party, because she deserves a break after she has been working hard at the Expo," said Christopher Bramsen, commissioner general of Denmark.

A painting show opened last night at the Nepal Pavilion, forming a platform for artists from China and Nepal to exchange views.

A man from Harbin, Heilongjiang Province, got a windfall the moment he entered the Republic of Korea Pavilion yesterday afternoon. He was presented a widescreen television and given a VIP tour as t…

Chinese and foreign experts and researchers discussed the criteria for sustainable buildings and energy efficiency standard at a forum held yesterday in the Broad Pavilion in the Puxi section of th…

Zhang Huizhu, a Shanghai resident, was among the luckiest of the group as her husband and daughter also won the lucky draw to visit the USA Pavilion out of tens of thousands of participants. "Our f…

The Hong Kong Pavilion focuses on the special administrative region's advanced transport network, scientific facilities, financial and trade systems, multicultural society, and sustainable high-qua…

The pavilions of Spain, Madrid, Barcelona and Bilbao have decided to suspend the offer of fast access to the Spain Pavilion to those who obtained three stamps at Spanish city pavilions in the Urban…

The Indonesia Pavilion hosted a gala party last night to celebrate the country's 65th Anniversary of Independence, turning the venue into a scene of joy with traditional music and dances.

The Norway Pavilion in April invited Norwegian school children and adults to submit slogans which should fit well with its theme of "Norway, Powered by Nature."

The global Pambassador initiative was launched at the Chengdu Pavilion in the Urban Best Practices Area in the Expo site yesterday.

The event organizer, the Sweden Pavilion, invited visitors to sing love songs to the one they love and rewarded them with the pavilion's T-shirts.

The works of Jao Tsung-i, an eminant scholar with the University of Hong Kong, are on display in atrium of the Hong Kong Pavilion until September 30.

Gansu Provincial pavilion staff members use hand-make silk flowers that they made by themselves to mourn mudslide victims.

The pavilion staff invite visitors to set off prayer lanterns -- a Taiwan folk custom -- and view the island's beautiful scenery, warm-hearted people, and rich culture under the theme

Josep M. Bartomeu i Floreta, the first Vice President of FC Barcelona, visited the Barcelona Pavilion with a delegation of the club’s officials. The director of the Barcelona Pavilion warmly welcom…

As the only pavilion featuring public participation in the Expo Site, the Pavilion of Public Participation is popular among visitors since its opening. Number of visitors hit 1.28 million by August…

Singapore Pavilion celebrated its pavilion day with dancing this morning.

A special classroom teaching how to make dragon balls, featured in the famous Japanese cartoon series "Dragon Ball," has been "moved" from Inax in Japan's Aichi Prefecture to the JAL stage in the p…

Ten people who visited the virtual Canada Pavilion at online Expo (www.expo.com) were given a VIP tour of the real one yesterday after winning the pavilion's VIP access in an online lucky draw.

Today is the Kyrgyzstan Day at the World Expo and an official celebration was held at the Expo Center, attended by Kyrgyzstan Minister of Economic Development Emil Umetaliev and China's Assistant F…

The family musical “Pippi Longstocking” — celebrating the adventures of a bold red-haired girl with pigtails — will be staged today in front of the Sweden Pavilion.

The Brunei Darussalam Pavilion is showcasing the country's traditional craft, such as crutch making, mat weaving and basket weaving.

The pavilion in the Africa Joint Pavilion in Zone C recreates daily life in Niger, exhibiting the cultural heritage of both nomad herdsmen and farmers in the more fertile southern region of the Nig…