The international request for bidding for the Public Amusement Center of World Expo Shanghai, invested by Shanghai World Expo (Group) Company Limited was started at the beginning of August. Four Sino-foreign design consortiums and three overseas top design firms offered their proposals. On October 13, the investor held a debriefing meeting with a number of specialists coming from home and abroad present regarding the bidding proposals in a meeting room on the seventh floor of World Expo Group Building.

In the debriefing, the representatives from the seven bidders delivered detailed introduction about their design proposals on the basis of the Expo theme and positioning of the Public Amusement Center. They also answered the questions from the panelists present. It is disclosed by the World Expo Group that the bidding results will be made public in the near future. The Public Amusement Center for World Expo Shanghai is designed to be the largest and permanent hall in the planned Expo park, and expected to play an important role during and after the Expo Shanghai as a perfect carrier for embodying the theme of "Better City, Better Life" and harmonious urban life.