Expo 2010
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Template:Future Image:Shanghai World Expo.gif Expo 2010 will be held in Shanghai, China and is a scheduled World's Fair in the grand tradition of international fairs and expositions. The theme of the exposition will be "Better City – Better Life" and signifies Shanghai's new status in the 21st century as a major economic and cultural center. It is expected to generate the largest amount of visitors in the history of the world's fairs.
The event is tentatively scheduled to be held from 1 May 2010 – 31 October 2010.
Infrastructure preparations
Officials in Beijing announced plans on March 6 2006, to begin construction of a second commercial maglev train system in China by the end of 2006. The new line to connect Shanghai and Hangzhou, which is expected to take four years to complete construction, is hoped to be in service for Expo 2010<ref>Xinhua (March 6 2006), Maglev railway to link Hangzhou, Shanghai. Retrieved March 6 2006.</ref>
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