Shanghai World Expo Park

With the conclusion of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, Shanghai has retained the iconic ‘one axis and four pavilions’, namely the Expo Axis, China Art Palace (formerly the China National Pavilion), Expo Theme Pavilion, Expo Center and Expo Cultural Center (now Mercedes-Benz Arena). The Saudi Arabia Pavilion and the Italy Pavilion (now Italy Center) are retained. The Saudi Arabia Pavilion is renamed ‘Moon Boat’. In addition, several pavilions from Africa are transformed into the Chocolate Happy Land suitable for family parent-child tours. However, compared with the盛况 of queuing for several hours to visit popular pavilions in 2010, today’s Expo Park is obviously much quieter. Except for the China Art Palace which has a large number of tourists every day, the number of tourists visiting other pavilions at ordinary times is not large. The China Art Palace is divided into four floors and has 27 exhibition halls. At present, there are nearly 10,000 various collections, covering the contents of various stages of the development process of Chinese art in the 20th century. What must not be missed here is the dynamic version of Along the River During the Qingming Festival. In addition, you can also see the life styles and features of different eras in Shanghai. The Expo Axis is a huge single project in the Expo Park. According to the overall plan for the subsequent utilization of the Expo Park, the Pudong part will be retained as a whole. The Expo Axis will be transformed into a comprehensive commercial center to provide transportation, leisure, catering, entertainment and other supporting services for the surrounding hotels, office buildings and people visiting various pavilions. The previous Expo Theme Pavilion will be transformed into an exhibition activity venue to organize and hold various exhibitions, large-scale conferences, business activities, cultural performances, sports events and so on. The Expo Center will be built into an international conference center, while the Mercedes-Benz Arena is used as a large-scale comprehensive performing arts venue. Inside, not only large-scale concerts can be held, but also there are skating rinks, cinemas and other places for entertainment. If you are hungry, there are also some catering facilities here. In addition, the exhibition items of the Moon Boat (formerly the Saudi Arabia Pavilion) include roof gardens, treasure theaters and art corridors, etc., maintaining the exhibition contents of the Saudi Arabia Pavilion during the World Expo and showing tourists Saudi Arabia’s history, culture and customs in an original way. The design inspiration of the Italy Center comes from Shanghai’s traditional game ‘pick-up sticks’. It is composed of 20 irregular and assemblable functional modules, representing Italy’s 20 regions. The whole pavilion is like a miniature Italian city, full of traditional Italian urban elements such as alleys, courtyards, paths and squares. When visiting today’s Expo Park, there is no need to be in a hurry at all. You can slow down, take your camera in hand and slowly record all the pictures. However, it is recommended to wear convenient shoes and bring some water and dry food by yourself when playing, because there are not many canteens in the park currently.
The Shanghai World Expo Park is open all year round, offering full-day access to its services. Parking facilities include: [Expo Dongjiadu Road Temporary Parking Lot (Huangpu District), Expo Longhua East Road Temporary Parking Lot (Luwan District), Expo Zhaofeng Road Temporary Parking Lot (Xuhui District), Expo Linpu Road, Yaolong Road, Changqing Road, Yanggao South Road, Chengshan Road Temporary Parking Lots (Pudong New Area)]. The reference price for parking is a paid service at 20 yuan per day.

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