Shanghai 2010 World Expo National Organizing Committee convened its third meeting on December 27, 2005 in Beijing. Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi, who is also concurrently chairperson of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo National Organizing Committee and member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and Mr. Chen Liangyu, Shanghai CPC Party Secretary, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and First deputy Chairman of the Shanghai 2010 World Expo National Organizing Committee, attended the meeting and delivered speeches respectively. The meeting called for a full-scale preparatory process for the Shanghai World Expo following the approval of the registration report and to base upon the guideline of scientific development and the people-first, self-innovation and no-extravagance principles.
Madame Wu Yi said in her speech that the preparatory work for the Shanghai World Expo has been progressing smoothly as a result of the successful, meticulous and hard work by members of the Shanghai World Expo Organizing Committee since the second meeting of the committee, particularly since the unanimous approval of the registration report of the World Expo Shanghai on December 1 this year at the 138th assembly of the BIE, which signifies that the legal status of the World Expo Shanghai has been officially recognized and the preparation for it has entered a substantive stage.
She added that the following tasks should be executed in 2006 in accordance with the requirement of "running a successful World Expo" made by the CPC Central Committee. They are: firstly, to pool together wisdom and powers from various sides to further deepen the meanings of the theme of the Shanghai World Expo; Secondly, to pull out all stops to promote the relocation work, excellent designs of the pavilions and stadiums, and to conscientiously organize the construction of the infrastructure facilities and pavilions in the Expo Park; thirdly, to extend invitations to participants, investors and businesses, with emphasis on extending invitations to international participants; fourthly, to step up efforts in the Expo promotion and publicity in order to further boost the awareness of the World Expo Shanghai in the world; fifthly and finally, to strengthen relevant systems and institutions while sticking to the principle of running a clean World Expo in accordance with legal rules.
Mr. Chen Liangyu said that the preparatory work for the World Expo Shanghai has made significant progress with the support of members of the Organizing Committee and under the correct leadership of the CPC Central Committee and the State Council. In what follows, Shanghai should shoulder heavy responsibility and pressure, and the city should turn the preparation of the World Expo into an important field in carrying out the philosophies of scientific development and building a harmonious society while further intensifying its efforts in the boost software and hardware constructions and giving prominence to science and technology in running the Expo and the inheritance of culture and humanities to ensure the successful hosting of the World Expo Shanghai.
Five documents, including the "Major points for the Preparatory work for Shanghai World Expo in 2006", were nodded at the meeting. Shanghai mayor Han Zheng, vice mayor Zhou Yupeng and Mr. Wan Jifei, Chairperson of China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) made presentations and reports on relevant aspects related to the preparation for the Shanghai World Expo respectively.