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Forum discusses water origin and urban development

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Updated: 2009-07-01 12:45

An Expo forum focus on water origin and urban development started June 21, 2009 in Xining, provincial capital of northwest China's Qinghai province.

Scene of forum

Wang Jinzhen，member of the National Organizing Committee of the Expo as well as vice chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, delivers a speech.

Wang Jinzhen, member of the National Organizing Committee of the Expo as well as vice chairman of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, introduced history of world Expo and Expo 2010 preparation to audience.

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Zhou Hanmin, deputy director of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai Executive Committee, introduced Expo Shanghai from the perspectives such as the Expo site construction, pavilion building, international participation, Urban Best Practice Area, domestic participation, corporate participation, Expo Online, marketing and tickets sales, Expo themes, events and forums.

Zhou said that countries will take Expo 2010 as a stage to share experience of urban development and showcase modes of urban development.

Zhou also said that Expo 2010 will be a stage to showcase high and new technologies and will boost high-tech industry as well as modern exhibition industry, urban tourism, culture creative industry and logistics.

Experts also discussed topics such as water and life, water and city as well as water and civilization.

About 200 officials, scholars, journalists attended the forum. Vice governor of the province, Wang Lingjun also attended the forum.

Expo Shanghai Forums are categorized into summit forum, theme forums and public forums. The forum in Qinghai is one of the public forums. Public forums intend to discuss specific issues for urban development and promote the Expo’s theme among the public through various events.

One hundred public forums will be held before and during the Expo.