Pacific pavilion passes inspection

Bernadette Ganilau, director of the joint pavilion for Pacific Oceania nations, inspects the pavilion. [en.expo2010]

Bernadette Ganilau, director of the joint pavilion for Pacific Oceania nations at next year's Expo, received technical documents related to the pavilion on behalf of 16 participants from Pacific Oceania islands on December 8.

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Exhibition arrangements inside the pavilion will be finished in early April.

Ganilau inspected the pavilion built by the organizer Tuesday and expressed her satisfaction.

The 8,100-square-meter pavilion will host exhibitions by Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Palau, Tonga, Micronesia, Samoa, Fiji, Cook Islands, Kiribati, Solomon Islands, Tuvalu, Marshall Islands, Nauru and Niue as well as the South Pacific Tourism Organization and the Pacific Islands Forum.

The pavilion will showcase the beauty of the Pacific countries, their unique culture and sustainable lifestyle. Its theme is "Pacific Ocean - Spring of Inspiration."