The World Expo is an international exposition with great influence and a long history organized by the host country government or entrusted by the government to relevant departments. After more than 100 years' history, it initially focused on displaying fine arts and traditional handicrafts, and then gradually became an exhibition of science and technology, 20 10 Shanghai World Expo and industrial technology, and became a rare place to train industrial talents and enlighten ordinary citizens. The venue of the World Expo is not only to display technology and commodities, but also to be accompanied by colorful performances and charming and spectacular scenery. It is set as a space full of festive atmosphere that cannot be experienced in daily life, and it has become an ideal place for ordinary citizens to entertain and consume.
Expo is a gathering of human beings. People gather from all over the world to show their products and skills and praise their hometown and motherland. The World Expo is a masterpiece of human civilization, so it has unparalleled attraction and makes people feel excited. This kind of party can be traced back to ancient times. As early as the 5th century A.D., Persia held its first exhibition beyond the market function. At the end of the eighteenth century, people gradually thought of holding exhibitions similar to expositions, but they only exhibited and did not sell them. The modern world Expo originated in the middle of the19th century, when the industrial revolution was in its infancy. Up to now, the World Expo has been held for more than 40 times, and it has mainly experienced four stages of development.
The history and origin of the World Expo
◆ The origin of the World Expo
In ancient farming society, people often carried out trading activities in festivals, religious ceremonies and celebrations to celebrate the harvest, and later gradually developed into large-scale trade and exhibition gatherings with fixed places for the purpose of exchanging goods. This is the earliest form of the World Expo.
In the 5th century A.D., Persia held its first exhibition beyond the market function.
/kloc-in the 0/8th century, with the continuous emergence of new technologies and products, people gradually thought of holding an exhibition similar to the market, but only for exhibition and not for sale, with the purpose of publicizing and displaying new products and achievements.
179 1 year, the Czech Republic held such an exhibition in Prague for the first time. With the progress of science and technology and the development of social productive forces, the scale of the exhibition has gradually expanded, and the geographical scope of the exhibition has expanded from one place to the whole country, from home to abroad, until it has developed into a world exposition with the participation of many countries.
◆ History of the World Expo
185 1 year, the world's first world exposition-great exhibition of the works of industry of all nations was held in Hyde Park, London, England. The exhibition time is 185 1, from May 1 to October 1 1, and the main contents are world culture and industrial technology.
1867 The Paris World Expo has already taken shape as a modern world Expo.
After World War II, people all over the world rebuilt their homes on the ruined ruins, and on the basis of resuming production and economic recovery, the first post-war World Expo was held in Brussels, Belgium on 1958, with the theme of "Science, Civilization and Humanity". In order to embody the theme of science, the Brussels World Expo has built a spherical exhibition hall with atomic energy structure, which represents the symbol of mankind entering the new century of scientific and technological progress. Its unique and novel shape, although nearly half a century later, is still vivid. The splendor and richness of the World Expo almost eclipsed previous World Expos.
1962, Seattle, USA held a small-scale professional exposition on "Humans in the Space Age". The Expo exhibited brand-new advanced technology, vending machines and monorail, which was a great success.
1964, in order to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the founding of new york, another World Expo was held in new york, although the theme was elegant "Towards peace through understanding". However, the strong commercial atmosphere of the Expo stopped the audience and lost the significance of commemorative activities.
The World Expo was first held in Osaka, Japan in 1970. The Japanese call it the World Expo, which embodies "the progress and harmony of mankind" and shows the audience Japan's development and achievements in various aspects after the Tokyo Olympic Games. Thanks to this Expo, Japan will maintain a strong momentum in its economic development in the next 10 year.
1985, the World Expo was held again in Tsukuba, a new scientific and cultural city more than 50 kilometers away from Tokyo. The theme of the Expo is "life and environment, human home technology".
A year later, Canada held an Expo with the theme of "transportation" to commemorate the 0/00th anniversary of Vancouver/KLOC.
1988 is the 200th anniversary of British settlement in Australia. In order to remember this day, Australia hosted the World Expo in Brisbane, the eastern gold coast city. The theme of this Expo is "Leisure Life in the Age of Science and Technology". It shows that in today's era of extremely developed science and technology, human beings are not listening and entertaining. All countries have made a big fuss about this theme, reflecting the richness of human life with sports, entertainment, tourism, leisure, cooking, gardening and so on.
1990, Osaka, Japan held the International Flower and Green Expo with the theme of "Man and Nature". The theme of the exhibition is world horticulture, as a commemorative activity to celebrate Osaka's "New Beginnings"100th anniversary. There are 82 countries participating in this exhibition, and 55 international organizations and Japanese provinces, cities and large enterprises have set up exhibition halls or booths respectively. It has achieved hundreds of large-scale world horticultural expositions in Asia and achieved great success.
1992 is the 500th anniversary of Columbus' discovery of America. For this reason, the Spanish government held the World Expo in Seville, and named the theme of previous World Expo logos as "Discovery Age". The World Expo covers an area of 4.78 million square meters, with more than 65,438+000 countries participating. The audience reached more than 60 million people. China Pavilion exhibited four great inventions and Long March rockets, and was rated as a "five-star pavilion".
The Daejeon World Expo in Korea, 1993, is the first World Expo held by a developing country in the world (recognized category). The theme is "a new way to take off". The China Pavilion displays space science and technology, the Three Gorges Project and so on. It received 3.5 million visitors, ranking the highest among all pavilions, and was rated as one of the five best pavilions.
1998 World Expo Lisbon Portugal. 1998 is the International Year of the Ocean approved by the United Nations, and the theme of the Expo is "Ocean-Wealth of the Future".
The theme of the 2000 World Expo in Hanover, Germany is "Human, Nature, Science and Technology", with a total of 172 participating countries and organizations, which is the largest number of participating countries, regions and organizations in previous world expositions.
In 2005, Aichi Expo with the theme of "Natural Wisdom" was the latest registered Expo, and China Pavilion received 5.7 million visitors, making it the most popular pavilion.
In the 2008 Zaragoza World Expo in Spain, the water tower is the landmark building of the 2008 Zaragoza World Expo and the tallest building in Zaragoza. The water tower is one of the three major theme pavilions of the World Expo Park, where the theme of "water, the source of life" is exhibited, so it is also called the water tower pavilion.
◆ List of World Expositions
Name of host country/city
British/London World Industrial Works Exhibition
1855 France/Paris World Expo
1862 UK/London World Expo
1867 The Second World Expo in Paris, France/Paris
1873 Austria/Vienna World Expo
1876 America/Philadelphia Centennial Exhibition of American Independence
1878 The Third World Expo in Paris, France/Paris
1883 Netherlands/Amsterdam International Expo
1889 France/Paris World Expo (1889)
1893 USA/Chicago Columbus Memorial Expo
1900 The 5th Paris World Expo, France/Paris
1904 America/St. Louis Centennial Expo
1908 UK/London World Expo
19 15 USA/San Francisco Panama Pacific Expo
1925 International Decorative Art Fair in Paris, France
1926 USA/Philadelphia150th World Expo
1933 USA/Chicago World Expo
1935 Belgium/Brussels World Expo
France/Paris Paris Art World Fair
1939 USA/new york World Expo
1958 Belgium/Brussels World Expo
1962 USA/Seattle 2 1 century Expo
1964 USA/new york World Expo
1967 World Expo Montreal, Canada
1970 Japan/Osaka World Expo
197 1 Hungary/Budapest World Hunting Expo
1974 USA/Expo Spokane 1974
1975 Japan/Okinawa World Ocean Expo
1982 USA/Knoxville World Energy Expo
1984 World Expo in Louisiana, USA/New Orleans
1985 Japan/Tsukuba Expo
1986 Canada/Vancouver World Transport Expo
1988 Australia/Brisben Brisben World Expo
1992 World Expo Genoa, Italy
1992 Spain/Seville World Expo
1993 Korea/Daejeon World Expo
1998 Lisbon Expo, Portugal
Germany/Hanover World Expo 2000
Japan/Aichi Aichi Earth Expo 2005
Spain/Zaragoza Expo 2008
20 10 China Shanghai world Expo
20 12 Korea/Lishui Lishui World Expo
20 15 Italy/Milan Expo
◆ The first World Expo
1 851may1day, the world's first exposition was held in Britain.
Britain, which has completed the industrial revolution, is already a world-class power. No one doubts Britain's strength. Because of its great call, Britain hosted the first World Expo. Queen Victoria sent a diplomatic invitation, and 10 countries accepted it. Serious and rigid Britons use the country's economic strength to arrange exhibitions for the next World Expo. Victorian architecture has a heavy style, mostly huge stone buildings. In this World Expo, the British changed their old style and built a crystal palace with steel and glass as the main building materials in the famous Hyde Company. The Crystal Palace is 65,438+0,700 feet high and 65,438+0,000 feet high. It consumes 4500 tons of steel and 10 hectare of glass.
The first World Expo opened in a warm atmosphere. In the exhibition area covering an area of 96,000 square meters, the total length of the exhibition table is about13km. During the 23-week exhibition, 6.3 million people visited it. 65,438+04,000 exhibits include a 24-ton coal lump, a coal lump from Jin Gangzuan and a specimen elephant, while engines, hydraulic presses and textile machinery show visitors the development of modern industry and the infinite imagination of human beings.
This World Expo is not only a "dazzling and colorful" display, but also a pioneer of free trade in the next few decades, which indicates the arrival of the era of industrialized production to mankind. All the exhibits represent the development of modern industry and the infinite imagination of human beings. Therefore, the London World Expo is recognized as the first modern World Expo. Crystal Palace Expo has become a great driving force for scientific progress in the 20th century. Its success makes the future World Expo as grand as the Olympic Games on a global scale, so the World Expo is known as "the Olympic Games of economy, science and technology and culture".
◆ World Expo with the first theme: 1933 Chicago World Expo.
The higher the level of social productive forces, the stronger the professionalism of socialized production and the more orderly all activities of social life. After nearly a hundred years' deduction, the United States held the World Expo with the theme of "One Hundred Years' Progress" in Chicago on 1933. This is the first World Expo with a theme, requiring exhibitors to design and create their own exhibits around a common theme. Most of the scientific and technological achievements in the past 100 years were exhibited at the meeting. The spectacular neon lights were fascinating, while new scientific and technological achievements such as aviation technology and new buildings with air-conditioning facilities caused a sensation. People are encouraged to see the great progress of science and technology in the past century. Since then, every World Expo has set a very meaningful theme.
[Edit this paragraph] Introduction of Expo management team
The International Exhibition Bureau, which is responsible for coordinating and managing the World Expo, is abbreviated as "BIE" in English. The Bureau of International Exhibitions was established in 1928, with its headquarters in Paris, France, and its charter is the Convention on International Exhibitions. The Convention was signed in Paris on 1928 by representatives of 3 countries and governments, and was revised on May 3, 2005,1948, 1966, 1972 and 1988 respectively.
The purpose of BIE is to promote economic, cultural, scientific and technological exchanges and development among countries in the world by coordinating and hosting the World Expo. The permanent body of the Bureau of International Exhibitions is the Secretariat, and the Secretary-General is the highest leader of the Bureau. The current Secretary-General is Mr. RalfLose Tess.