FT.COM

"If you must, find a pavilion with a waiting time of less than two to four hours. Then go to the UK pavilion. It may look a bit like an upended toilet brush, but at night, with its thousands of transparent rods lit up and waving, it is pure magic."

Patti Waldmeir

the Financial Times' Shanghai correspondent, shares her tips of how to make the most of the Expo.

YICAI.COM

"The Expo presents many visual elements. When I was a kid, I wished I could travel around the world, but I didn't want to become an airline cabin attendant. I found Expo and I am obsessed with it. In the past Expo events, there were some flaws - the roofs of pavilions looked almost all the same and you couldn't tell them apart if you had a bird's view."

Lin Shumin

a visual artist who has visited every Expo since 1990.

CHINA DAILY

"The economic crisis has slowed down exports by 20 percent and the unemployment rate went up, which will take two to three years to recover. It was the most severe recession Austria suffered in more than 50 years. As a whole, it hasn't changed our Expo plans and its budget hasn't been cut. There are no immediate economic results from the Expo because it is not a trade fair. The result will depend on what is being done after the Expo, which has provided a platform for all countries. Austria and China have several cooperation agreements, particularly in environmental technology."

Dr Hannes Androsch

commissioner-general of the Austria Pavilion, commenting on the Expo's role in the global economy.

(China Daily 08/06/2010 page30)