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Home arrow News arrow Destinations arrow Largest World Expo Ever Opens In Shanghai
Largest World Expo Ever Opens In Shanghai
Tuesday, 04 May 2010
The largest world expo in global history, World Expo 2010, was opened on Friday evening with an amazing pyrotechnics shows that wowed the crowd that had gathered in Shanghai. The re-branding of China that started with the Beijing Olympics is now carried forward with the opening ceremonies witnessed on Friday by the likes of world leaders such asFrench president Nicolas Sarkozy and European Commission president José Manuel Barroso.

The ceremonies included a 30-minute outdoor performance that was produced by David Atkins Enterprises and held on 2.1 miles of the Huangpu River in Shanghai. The ceremonies also boasted the largest LED screen, the largest display of search lights in history, one of the world's largest dancing water fountains in history, and the world's largest collection of multi-colored laser firepower. There were even 6000 LED globe lights that were put into the river to resemble fish, which are a symbol of good fortune in China.

 
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