Shanghai’s Success in the 2010 World Expo Bidding
2 min readOn December 3，2002 China’s dreams for the 2010 World Exposition came true as Shanghai won the bid in the fourth round of voting at the Bureau of InternationalExhibition’s（BIE）132nd General Assembly in Monte Carlo，Monaco.Shanghai beat four other cities and won 54 votes out 88 member countries in the final round.The otherfour competing countries lost out in the order of Poland，Mexico，Russia and finally the Republic of Korea-which lost by 20 votes to China.It was the result of three years of strenuous effort that started at the end of 1999 when China，as the first country，presented its oral application to the Bureau.Its formal application was presented on May 2，2001.In the fourth round of voting at the Bureau’s 132nd General Assembly，89 BIE members granted 54 votes to Shanghai for the 2010 event to top Poland，Mexico，Russia，and the Republic of Korea.
The slogan for the event is”Better city，better life.”The triumph marked the extension of the global event to a developing country for the first time since its debut in 1851 and Shanghai is ready to add a unique touch to the grand occasion.
Though all with distinguished characteristics，Shanghai stood out among the five candidate cities with convincing advantages.Bent on becoming an international economic，finance，trade and shipping centre，700-year-old Shanghai has amazed the world with breath-taking changes in its landscape，as well as economic might in recent years.Nonetheless，the country’s sustained rapid economic growth may be the most persuading reason behind the choice.By translating into more opportunities for people in the region and beyond，a thriving Shanghai fits well the aim of the World Exposition to promote the exchange of ideas and development worldwide.The exposition is widely regarded as the economic，science and technology 0lympics.In the wake of Beijing’s successful bid to stage the 2008 0lympics，Shanghai’s victory wi11 further cement the country’s modernization surge.
