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The 2010 Shanghai World Expo Summit Forum will be held on October 31, with United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon delivering the opening remarks, according to the organizers.
Volunteers for the Expo 2010 Shanghai will still welcome and help visitors after the fair ends as the city uses the Expo legacy to make it a better place to live.
The Hong Kong Films Retrospective 2010 was launched on Monday in Shanghai, which would present 23 acclaimed Hong Kong movies to the mainland audiences, said the Commerce and Economic Development Bureau of the Hong Kong government in a statement.
During an evening in July this year, amateur singers from China and abroad performed in the largest show since the Shanghai World Expo opened on May 1.
Wang Lihua sent her son to a Shanghai rehabilitation center for the disabled when he was three years old. Now about to turn six, her son, who has cerebral palsy, a neurological disorder that permanently affect body movement and muscle coordination, has regained use of some parts of his body.
Major discounts on offer in gift stores in the Expo Garden have boosted sales of Expo 2010 Shanghai souvenirs.
More than 723,900 people passed through the turnstiles at the Expo 2010 Shanghai as of 6 pm on Sunday, rubbishing an earlier estimate that the maximum daily capacity of the extravagant fair is about 600,000.
A total of 1.03 million people visited the Shanghai World Exposition on Saturday, a record number since the Expo opened. The total number also exceeded an earlier record.
The Shanghai World Expo 2010 has received more than 64 million visitors, a record in the history of the event, said an announcement on the official Expo website Saturday.
Hong Kong Chief Executive Donald Tsang will depart for Shanghai on October 20 to attend the opening ceremony of the Hong Kong Week at Expo 2010 Shanghai China, according to local government website on Friday.
