May 1 to 31 October 2010
The Expo will be held on a 528 hectare site located between the Nanpu and Lupu Bridges along both sides of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. Its theme is Better City, Better Life and the new thinking, new technologies and new practices for achieving healthy and sustainable urban living. To date 178 countries and 44 international corporations have confirmed that they will participate and the anticipated attendance of more than 70 million visitors will make this one of the largest expos ever held.
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More cards use during Expo
Shanghai has improved its payment mechanism as it gets ready for the 2010 World Expo which will attract hordes of visitors. All shops in the Expo site can accept yuan-backed or foreign exchange-denominated bank cards. The city has more than 10,779 automatic teller machines at the end of 2009, a rise of 16.3 percent from a year earlier, according to the Shanghai headquarters of the People's Bank of China. The number of businesses in the city equipped with point of sales machines which accept payments by bank cards grew by 31.2 percent year on year to 73,533 as Shanghai paves the way for a smooth payment system.
Courtesy: Shanghai Business Review
Media Releases
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NZCTA plans “heady” Mission to Expo September 2010