City ready to set new World's Fair milestones

Shanghai only has 100 days left in which to iron out all the kinks and make sure the city is expo-friendly in order to achieve its goals.

By playing host to the 2010 World Expo, Shanghai is looking to roll back its glorious past, consolidate the world's confidence in overcoming the economic meltdown and push forward with an already breathtaking transformation in this city of 18.6 million.

With an official budget of 28.7 billion yuan ($4.2 billion), Shanghai intends to carve a place in expo history by topping milestones set by previous World Expos, such as the 1893 Columbia Expo, which introduced the Ferris wheel.