Vice Premier Wu Yi
unveiled the official emblem for 2010
Shanghai World Expo on Monday in Shanghai. The major body of
the emblem is a green Chinese character, "shi" ("world"),
connected with the numeral "2010."
The character resembles three abstract persons standing
arm-in-arm. The three figures, called "ni" ("you"),
"wo" ("me") and "ta" ("him or her"), represent
all humankind, according to 34-year-old designer Shao Honggeng.
"I hope to express with typical Chinese handwriting the Expo's
ideology of understanding, communication, happy gathering and
cooperation, and tell the world the Shanghai World Expo will be a
peaceful event for the humankind," Shao said.
The design was chosen from 9,046 works by artists from China and
15 other countries.
On October 20, the State Council passed the World Expo Emblem
Protection Codes. Scheduled to go into effect on December 1, the
codes were developed to protect the copyrights to the Expo's name,
emblem, mascot and theme song.
The Expo's organizing committee held a second meeting on Monday
to plan for the event.
Preparations are proceeding well "thanks to the strategic
decisions of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China
(CPC)?and the State Council," said Wu, who is also head of the
organizing committee.
She said the Expo structures should be built to last. "All the
facilities and infrastructure for the Expo should be constructed so
that that they can still serve the people after the Expo and make
full use of resources," she said.
Chen
Liangyu, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central
Committee and secretary of the CPC Shanghai Municipal Committee,
vowed to make the World Expo in Shanghai a successful, attractive
and memorable international event.
Participants to the meeting passed the World Expo 2010 Action
Guideline, Registration Report and Expo Layout Program, and
selected candidates for the government general representative to
the Expo.
The World Expo, held every five years, will be held in Shanghai
from May 1 to October 31, 2010. Its theme will be, "Better City,
Better Life."
(Xinhua News Agency November 30, 2004)
