Shanghai Expo receives 60 million visitors

SHANGHAI -- The ongoing Shanghai World Expo 2010 had received more than 60 million visitors as of Friday noon, according to the Expo Coordination Bureau.

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Also by 11 a.m. Friday, the Expo Park had received 240,000 visitors for the day.

The event saw a record high of 630,000 visitors on September 23, the second day of the three-day Mid-Autumn Festival holiday.

During the week-long National Day holiday that ended on Thursday, the Expo Park received 2.47 million visitors, with the number of daily visitors averaging about 400,000 from October 3 to October 5, the most popular time during the holiday to visit.

The event, held in China for the first time, opened on May 1, and will last until October 31.