On the morning of April 2, the 2nd Meeting of the China Pavilion Organizing Committee of Expo 2020 Dubai was held in Beijing. Gao Yan, the Chairperson of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (hereinafter referred to as CCPIT) and Director of the China Pavilion Organizing Committee attended the meeting and delivered a speech. Zhang Shenfeng, Vice Chairman of the CCPIT and Deputy Director of the Organizing Committee, presided over the meeting. The meeting was briefed the report on the preparatory work and reviewed the presentation of the China Pavilion before further research and work arrangements. Representatives of the members of the Chinese Pavilion Organizing Committee, including the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Industry and Information Technology, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Commerce, and the Ministry of Culture and Tourism of the People’s Republic of China, attended the meeting. Representatives from the National Health Commission of the People’s Republic of China, China National Space Administration and Beijing Organizing Committee for the 2022 Olympic Winter Games, as well as Sha Xiaolan, the artistic director of China Pavilion, also attended the meeting.
Gao Yan pointed out that the Party Central Committee and the State Council attach great importance to China’s participation in the Expo 2020 Dubai. Chinese General Secretary Xi Jinping and UAE leaders reached important consensus on China’s support for the UAE in holding the first World Expo in the Middle East. All members involved must improve their political awareness, ensure safety and efficiency, strengthen coordination, and ensure the full implementation of construction, exhibition, presentation, supportive activities, news coverage, pandemic prevention and control with high standards and high quality, thus contributing to closer China-UAE relations, the joint construction of the “Belt and Road Initiative”, and the building of a community of shared future for mankind.
The postponed Expo 2020 Dubai will be held in Dubai, UAE from October 1, 2021 to March 31, 2022 due to the pandemic. The theme of the China Pavilion is “Building a Community with a Shared Future for Mankind：Innovation and Opportunity”. The construction of China Pavilion’s main structure has so far been completed.
Source: CCPIT
