Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende watches a model of the Dutch Pavilion for World Expo 2010 in Shanghai with local Dutch children.
Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende(right), unveils the model of the Dutch Pavilion with Hong Hao(left), director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination.
Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende
Hong Hao, director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination
Hong Hao(left), director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, presents Shanghai World Expo mascot Haibao to Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende(right).
Netherlands Foreign Trade Minister Frank Heemskerk signs participation contract for the Expo Shanghai Online.
Netherlands Foreign Trade Minister Frank Heemskerk(left) holds the Expo Shanghai Online contract with Zhu Yonglei(right), deputy director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination.
A model of the Dutch Pavilion, the Happy Street, for World Expo 2010
Netherlands Prime Minister Jan Peter Balkenende yesterday unveiled a model of the Dutch Pavilion for World Expo 2010 in Shanghai.
The Dutch Pavilion design, known as "Happy Street," is mainly composed of a pedestrian strip shaped like the number "8,” a lucky number in China that suggests fortune.
Seventeen small houses will be elevated along the main pedestrian strip. The houses will present exhibitions exploring themes such as energy, water, space and many other urban issues.
Hong Hao, director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, said he believed the pavilion would be one of the most interesting ones at Expo 2010.
The pavilion is expected to attract more than 7 million visitors, Balkenende said.
The country also signed a contract to participate the Expo Shanghai Online yesterday with the Shanghai Expo organizers.
Netherlands signed its participation contract with the organizers in November, 2007.
