Last updated at: (Beijing Time) Tuesday, March 12, 2002
BIE Delegation Leaves Beijing for Shanghai
The delegation from the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) left Beijing Tuesday for China's biggest business hub Shanghai to make on-the-spot investigations into the city's bid to host the 2010 World Exposition.
The delegation from the Bureau of International Expositions (BIE) left Beijing Tuesday for China's biggest business hub Shanghai to make on-the-spot investigations into the city's bid to host the 2010 World Exposition.
The delegation will hear the city's bidding presentations and visit concerned local places.
The seven-member delegation, headed by BIE Vice President and Chairperson of the BIE Executive Committee Carmen Sylvain, arrived here Sunday.
Chinese President Jiang Zemin and Premier Zhu Rongji met with the delegation here Monday.
Chinese State Councilor Wu Yi led bidding presentations here Monday.
BIE President Gilles Noghes and Secretary-General V. G. Loscertales have also joined the visit.