Beijing Pavilion for Shanghai Expo to get all ready before April 20

Beijing Week will open at the entrance of the Chinese Pavilion in the Expo Park on the morning of May 4, and Beijing will therefore become the first city to offer a weeklong activity during the 2010 Shanghai World Expo. During the activity, Beijing will present a secret gift to Shanghai, which will not be unveiled till then. 　

Ding Baizhi, vice director of both Beijing Municipal Bureau of Radio, Film and Television and the Coordination Office of Beijing Pavilion, revealed the above-mentioned information at the Beijing’s first Shanghai World Expo press conference held on the morning of April 15. The team that would attend the Expo made its first appearance the same day. 　　

Beijing Pavilion features a major theme that runs from the past into the future 　

The Beijing Pavilion is the only one that can change its appearance thanks to a variety of high technologies. Xu Yuwei, vice director of the Beijing Branch of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, and director of the Beijing Pavilion's Coordination Office who is in charge of the exhibition, said that despite these high technologies, the Beijing Pavilion does not cost too much compared with other pavilions in the country. Detailed figures are still being calculated.

Liu Zhi, standing vice director of the Beijing Pavilion's Coordination Office, said that the pavilion features a major theme that runs through Beijing's past, present and future. The exhibition area in the front will present a TV wall showing the old hutongs, time-honored brands as well as the old TVs from different eras; the central exhibition area will review the brilliant moments during the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games and the 60th Anniversary celebrations through the world- and China-leading high-tech products; using the Beijing image wall and other cultural elements, the exhibition area in the rear will unveil the blueprint for Beijing's ambition to be a global city.

Currently, preparation said Liu. Liu also said that Quanjude stalls on the delicious Chinese food street have been set up.