Shanghai World Expo is "engine" driving local economic transition (People's Daily)

January 21 is exactly 100 days before the opening of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo May 1, 2010. To date, the construction of the Shanghai Expo Park stands at 90 percent completion and over 18 million admission tickets have been sold. More than 100 million tourists worldwide are expected to visit the Expo, the highest in the history of the event. It is estimated that there will be 70 million ...