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The China pavilion at Expo 2010 (simplified Chinese: 中国国家馆; traditional Chinese: 中國國家館; pinyin: Zhōngguó guójiā guǎn) in Pudong, Shanghai, colloquially known as the Oriental Crown (东方之冠; 東方之冠; Dōngfāng zhī Guān), was the largest national pavilion at the Shanghai Expo and the largest display in the history of the World Expo.
The China Pavilion was the largest national pavilion at the Expo [19] with a footprint of more than 71,000 m 2 and a gross floor area in excess of 160,000 m 2. It is also the most expensive pavilion, costing an estimated US$220 million. [18] The building is located halfway along the Expo Axis on its eastern side in Zone A of the Expo Park. The ...
Expo 2010, officially the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, was held on both banks of the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China, from 1 May to 31 October 2010. It was a major World Expo registered by the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), in the tradition of international fairs and expositions, the first since 2005. [ 1 ]
The next table shows, by confirmation date, the nations that have notified the Government of the People's Republic of China its participation at the Expo; the fourth column indicates if the state had constructed its own individual pavilion; the last column indicates the section which the pavilion was located within the Expo site.
Construction for the China Pavilion of the Shanghai Expo began on 28 December 2007, and the building was completed on 8 February 2010. [12] It was the most expensive pavilion at the Expo, costing an estimated US$220 million.
Buildings, things, events and people related to Expo 2010 in Shanghai, China. Pages in category "Expo 2010" ... Sweden pavilion at Expo 2010; U.
The China pavilion at the Expo 2010. A pavilion is a genre of building often found at large international exhibitions such as a World's fair. It may be designed by a well-known architect or designer from the exhibiting country to showcase the latest technology of the exhibitor or be designed in what is considered the national architectural ...
The Washington Post reported that the pavilion was a hit among the Expo's mostly Chinese visitors. [8] The same paper's Ezra Klein, however, summed up the pavilion's appeal to China visitors thusly: "We're bad at languages, in hock to corporations, and able to set up gardens when children shame us into doing so." [9]