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Oriental Crown taking bookings

Visitors may want to book in advance to guarantee themselves a chance to tour the China pavilion.

Up to 50,000 daily bookings would be honored to avoid crowding and traffic congestion around the Chinese structure, said Hong Hao, chief of the 2010 World Expo Shanghai Coordination Bureau. Visitors can reserve their spots at stations that will be set up at each entrance of the Expo garden.