SHANGHAI - Fourteen-year-old Meng Xinyu described her recent trip to the Shanghai Expo Garden as not only an eye-opener, but also something that helped to set her future career goal as well.

"We visited the Expo Axis, and the Life and Sunshine Pavilion (a pavilion specially dedicated to the disabled). I was so touched by the various forms of architecture there that I hope to become an architect when I grow up to design more buildings for the expo," said the excited youngster.

Meng is one of four children from families stricken with HIV/AIDS to be sponsored by French hotel operator Accor for a trip to Shanghai to tour the expo garden.