Nineteen experts from Hebei held their first meeting with the Review Panel for the Display of the Shanghai World Expo in Shijiazhuang, capital of Hebei Province, officials with the Hebei Provincial Office for the Shanghai World Expo said.
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| Hebei vice governor Yang Chongyong (third from the left) attends the meeting. |
The experts from the Hebei Academy of Social Sciences, the Hebei Urban and Rural Planning Institute, the Hebei Provincial Museum, and Hebei Normal University are responsible for the display of the Hebei Pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo.
At the meeting, Hebei Vice Governor Yang Chongyong asked the province’s experts to show the province’s culture, history, geological advantages, industries and prospect in an artistic way and learn from other provinces.
The Hebei Pavilion is scheduled to be completed by the end of March and go into trial operation at the beginning of April, said Zhao Fenglou, director of the World Expo Office of Hebei Province.
Hebei is also creating an online Expo pavilion, according to Zhao Shuhua, secretary general of the office.
The virtual pavilion will go online on May 1, and individual virtual sub-pavilions will be built for some of the province’s cities and counties, Zhao said.
By Guo Changdong and Liu Xiang |
