Malawi President Bingu wa Mutharika is to pay a state visit to China where he will also attend the World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. President Mutharika will be among only four African Heads of State invited for the official opening ceremony. Others are from Kenya, Congo Brazzaville and Mali.“We would like our business people to concentrate more on agro-based products and produce quality goods for export to the international market,” President Mutharika said on departure at Kamuzu International Airport in the capital Lilongwe on Tuesday.
An unprecedented 192 countries and 50 international organizations are expected at the event, which features some 189 National Pavilion Days and 39 International Organization Days as well as 20,000 cultural performances.
Mutharika is expected to open the Malawi Stand at the African Pavilion at the World Expo-2010. Shanghai Expo runs from May 1 to October 31. China says it has spent $4.2 billion—double what it spent at the Beijing Olympics—to host the world’s largest exhibition fair.
It is the most expensive Expo to date and local media have reported the true cost is closer to $58 billion, according to Thomson-Reuters. The Shanghai Expo is promoting itself as the first green and environmentally-friendly Expo, creating China’s largest solar plant as part of the facilities and using zero emission vehicles for transportation. But most of the exhibition sites will be demolished when the Expo ends.
I think it's pretty cool because I'm really excited for the world cup. The world cup is something that brings the world together for the same reason and for once it's not something due to war or disaster.
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