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Rules and reservations at Shanghai World Expo
2010
Visitors to Shanghai World Expo 2010 will
not be permitted to bring water and other drinks into the seven
square kilometre site, located on both sides of the Huangpu River
in Shanghai.
Terms and Conditions for Visitors to World Expo 2010 were issued
by the Expo organiser on 18 April forewarning visitors
of what to expect at Expo entrance gates and at the site.
Any visitors holding, or wishing to buy, special admission
tickets, such as children, students, the elderly or disabled are
required to present suitable ID. This practice is recommended
for both general visitors and VIP guests.
Expo organisers also released details for reserving places to
popular pavilions. Visitors can make bookings for either the China
Pavilion or one of the five Theme Pavilions at more than 170
reservation machines installed at 20 locations at the Expo site.
Volunteers will be on hand to help visitors to make reservations.
Vouchers will be issued with bookings.
Visitors will not be able to bring banners, posters, billboards,
leaflets or any other promotional items into the site. Explosive,
flammable, radioactive and other hazardous items, pets and lighters
will also be banned. However, necessary medicines, milk for
babies and cosmetics will be allowed into the site after security
checks at the entrances.
Smoking areas will be set up around the Expo site, where devices
for ignition will be provided. Cigarettes will be banned at other
places at the site.
Visitors wishing to take photographs or videos must obey the
rules of pavilions or performance venues that may prohibit using
flashes, said Huang Jianzhi, Deputy Director General of the Bureau
of Shanghai World Expo Coordination.
The organiser may also conduct necessary health examinations in
case of epidemics. For example the temperatures of visitors would
be taken at the entrances if SARS broke out during the Expo, said
Huang.
The Terms and Conditions for Visitors to World Expo 2010 is
available at http://www.expo2010.cn/, the
official website of the Expo in English, Chinese, French, Japanese
and Korean.
Delivering the Australian pavilion
Construction
Bovis Lend Lease (BLL), an AustCham Shanghai member was
successful in its bid to construct the Australian Pavilion.
AustCham Shanghai congratulates BLL on this superb achievement. BLL
is an international construction services firm with a substantial
presence in China, having completed over 200 projects in the past
10 years. BLL is located in Shanghai and employs over 250
professional engineering, project management, technical and support
staff.
Exhibition design
AustCham Shanghai member Think!OTS, one of Australia's
leading creative exhibition design firms won the tender for
exhibition design. They have created and delivered dynamic Expo
pavilions throughout the world, including the award-winning
Australian pavilion at the 2005 World Expo in Aichi, Japan.
Pavilion design
Wood Marsh Architects has broad experience in major public
infrastructure, urban design and interiors. The company's work has
won twenty-nine Royal Australian Institute of Architecture Awards
for Excellence including the 1998 and 2006 Victorian Architecture
Medal, and the 1998 National Walter Burley Griffin Awards for Urban
Design.
Communications and public affairs
Parker & Partners is Australia's leading bi-partisan
public affairs specialist and is part of Ogilvy PR Worldwide in
Australia, the country's largest public relations and public
affairs firm. In 2005, Parker & Partners delivered
award-winning communications services for Australia's pavilion at
the 2005 Aichi World Expo.
Staffing, retail and operations
International Venue Group is owned by Calibre Management
International and IMG, a global entertainment and lifestyle
marketing and management company. Operating in China since 1979,
IMG has six offices in throughout the country with 80 staff
headquartered in Shanghai.
Culture
George P Johnson has over 20 years experience managing
high-level arts and entertainment events, particularly within Asia,
and has worked extensively in China. The company has over 70 staff
in Australia and 22 offices located around the world, including in
Shanghai and Hong Kong.