Even the spectacular fireworks display at...
clean and green.The exhibition expects 300,000-400,000 visitors a day, mostly Chinese with perhaps about 5% foreigners. The Chinese have also become a very mobile nation lately, in addition to their obsession with the Internet and other IT innovations. According to statistics, up to 200 million Chinese plan to travel during the May holidays: to visit relatives, travel around the country (including Shanghai) or go abroad.
This is what they can see in Shanghai these days: a 4.7 MW solar panel supplying the exhibition with power; benches and seats made of recycled packets of milk; and napkins made of waste paper. These are Chinese products. The Britain pavilion contains a restaurant where plates are edible and cups are made of ice, and oxygen for air conditioning is supplied by plants cultivated on its roof. But the Spain pavilion, designed to be a hand-weaved wicker basket, is probably one of the most popular sites.