City's Vice Mayor Yang Xiong, a member of the Organising Committee of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai, executive deputy director of the Executive Committee of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai is answering questions

The Information Office of the State Council organized a group of reporters from domestic and overseas news organizations to visit Shanghai to cover the preparation for Expo Shanghai on May 10-13. The reporting group consists of journalists from the overseas edition of People's Daily, CCTV, China.Com, CRI, Xinhua News Agency, China News Agency, AP, AFP, NHK, and Lianhe Zaobao from Singapore as well as reporters from local press. Their reporting mainly covered the preparation for the Shanghai World Expo and the protection of historical relics in Shanghai.

Mr. Yang Xiong, Member of the Organizing Committee of the Expo 2010 Shanghai China, Executive Deputy Director of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo Executive Committee, Vice-mayor of Shanghai, met with the journalists, and answered questions with regards to the preparation for the 2010 Shanghai World Expo, and the social and economic development in Shanghai. He said that the Expo preparation has entered a new stage of full implementation after the Application for Registration was passed on December 1, 2005, and at present, the city has made material progress in the preparation for the Expo. He also briefed the media issues concerning the opening-up and reform in Shanghai, the city's efforts in infrastructure construction, and prospective cooperation with foreign countries in running the World Expo.

The media group went to Pujiang World Expo Garden, World Expo Park, Yangshan Deep-water Port, Lingang New City, East Sea Bridge and the protection zone for historical relics in Hongkong district for field investigation and reporting. They were deeply impressed by the progress of the preparatory work for the Shanghai World Expo, and voiced their appreciation for the effective measures in protecting historical relics in the city.