Workers complete the steel structure on the State Grid Pavilion.
Zhang Yunjie, special assistant to director-general of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination
Zhao Yiliang, Party secretary of the Shanghai Electric Power Company
Workers have completed the steel structure on the State Grid Pavilion, officials in charge of the pavilion announced yesterday at the World Expo site.
Meanwhile, the power supplier has also confirmed July 26 will be its pavilion day, which marks the anniversary when the first electric light was used in China in 1882. The first light was lit at a hotel on Nanjing Road E. with the old Shanghai Electric Co starting operations that day.
The grid's pavilion will provide a showcase of "light and electricity." It will be a metallic square with a crystal cube embedded inside. It will include displays showing how power substations work.
The pavilion's theme will be based on the "relationship between electricity and daily life." It was designed by Zhao Xiaojun, the senior designer for the National Aquatics Center for the 2008 Beijing Olympics.
an artist's rendition of the State Grid Pavilion
an artist's rendition of the State Grid Pavilion
The pavilion covers 4,000 square meters and will be in the Puxi side of the Expo site.
Zhang Yunjie, special assistant to director-general of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, and Zhao Yiliang, Party secretary of the Shanghai Electric Power Company, attended the ceremony.
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