Shanghai Expo (Shanghai Series) [精装]

This is the only book on the World Expo authorized by the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination. Comprehensive and authoritative, the book is divided into three parts. Part I - Reviews the history of the World Expo and analyzes China's connection with it. Part II - Is a focused introduction to Shanghai as an international metropolis and reveals the secret of Shanghai's successful bid to host the 2010 World Expo. Part III - Looks ahead to the 2010 World Expo and covers the ongoing preparations and plans.

"The Shanghai World Expo will be the biggest one ever [and it will show] the vigor, dynamic, and development direction of this big Oriental country. This would be my biggest dream for the year 2010." --Francois Confino, French Exhibition Designer

"This book is a preview of the grand 2010 Shanghai World Expo, and will give the readers an immediate sense of how Shanghai, an Asian Metropolis, is ambitiously and excitingly strategizing its own future." --Jiang Huangcheng, Academician of the Chinese Academy of Sciences

"I believe Shanghai will present a magnificent exposition to the world. The great event ... will provide what China can do for the world and for the cause of international expositions." --Vincent Gonzales Loscertales, General-Secreatary of the Bureau of International Expositions