A new version of the Expo passport has hit the market with anti-counterfeit measures.
The new Expo passports still have two editions - a cartoon edition and a standard edition in three colors.
People can now order personalized Expo passports from the Website www.dowexpo.com.
Six anti-counterfeiting technologies have been added to the passport. The cover now bears the image of the words Expo 2010 visible through a magnifier.
With gravure printing technology, optical variable inks, watermarks, rainbow printing technology and security threads, the new passports are easy to identify and collect.
The old Expo passport carries a background pattern of a national pavilion on each page, which misleads holders to think that a stamp should be made at a certain page and the passport is all about getting stamps of the 44 national pavilions. Actually the holder can get a seal from any pavilion in any page of the passport. New Expo passports have the background pattern removed.
A page for filling in personal information is included in the passport to make sure every passport is unique and personal. This time, a new service to electronically print holder's personal information is available. The holder's information will be printed on an anti-counterfeiting film.
Each personalized passport will cost an extra 30 yuan (US$4.39) for delivery within one week.
Five factories are now printing Expo passports to keep up with demand.
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