I. Organizer

The World Expo 2010 Shanghai China Logo will be collected from both domestic and overseas entrants in the name of the Organizing Committee of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China. The World Expo 2010 Shanghai China Logo Collection Office takes charge of the specific proceedings.

II. Eligibility

Any domestic or overseas professional graphic design organizations or individuals, amateurs and any other people who are interested in the competition and will dedicate to it are eligible. The entrants can submit their entries individually or in the name of the groups. There is no limit for the number of entries each individual or group submits.

III. Requirements

The World Expo 2010 Shanghai China Logo should be a plane and colored logo. "EXPO 2010 SHANGHAI CHINA" should be presented on the logos the entrants propose.

IV. Deadline and Fee

The deadline for the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China Logo Competition is 24:00pm, July 31, 2004 (according to the final postmark).

Entry is free.

V. Submission

1. Complete the Submission Form for the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China Logo Competition (Form-1). Requirements must be followed to complete the Submission Form:

1) The Form must be completed in round hand characters (or block capital letters) with a blue or black ink fountain pen.

2) If an entry is submitted in the name of an institution or organization, please fill in the full name of the institution or organization and affix its official stamp.

2. The mounting of entries must meet the following requirements:

1) Two copies (Copy A and Copy B) of each entry must be submitted: entries should be printed on a piece of A4 paper (210mm X 297mm); Copy A should be submitted after being mounted, but Copy B need not to be mounted (this copy is for the official archives).

2) Copy A should be centred and mounted on an A3 (297mm X 420mm) black paperboard. The mounted Copy A with completed Submission Form-1 pasted on the back should be sent along with Copy B, Submission Form-3 and a World Expo 2010 Shanghai China Logo Competition Entrants'' Commitments signed by the creators to the collection office.

3) The collection office ONLY regards those entries which meet the above requirements as validity.

4) All the Submission Forms and World Expo 2010 Shanghai China Logo Competition Entrants' Commitments can be downloaded from the website of World Expo 2010 Shanghai China (http://www.expo2010china.com ).

VI. Judging Procedure and Criteria

1) Judging Procedure:

The judging begins on August 1, 2004 with the preliminary judging and leading ultimately to final judging. A commendation ceremony for the World Expo Logo Competition will be held in December. The final result of the judging will be announced at the ceremony.

2) Judging Criteria

(1) The concept of the entries must highlight the theme of the World Expo 2010: 'Better City, Better Life'.

(2) The entries must embody "Comprehension, Communication, Gathering and Cooperation", the philosophy of the World Expo 2010.

(3) The logos should be unique in style, leave great margins for imagination, bring with strong visual impact and reflect globalization and modernization.

(4) The logos should be compact and vivid, catchy and impressive, with clear definition and modernity. The logos should also be suitable for a variety of activities organized for the World Expo and the production of souvenirs.

(5) All the entries should be original and never published before.

VII Prizes

1) All the entrants can receive souvenirs of World Expo 2010

2) The 100 entrants who pass the first judging can receive commemorative certificates issued by the World Expo 2010 Shanghai China Logo Collection Office.

3) A total of 10 finalists will be selected as the Excellent Design Award winners and will receive a prize of 5,000 RMB and a commemorative certificate issued by the Organizing Committee of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai.

4) One First Prize winner will be selected as the Best Design Award winner and will receive a prize of 200,000 RMB and a commemorative certificate issued by the Organizing Committee of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai.

VIII. Copyrights of the selected entries

1). All the entrants should have the full, complete and exclusive copyrights of their entries. In the case that any entry violates another's copyright, the entrant should take all the relevant legal responsibilities and the Organizing Committee of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai has no responsibility for this. The organizing committee has the right to exhibit, promote and utilize the award-winning entries for free.

2) All the entries' concepts and schemes of design are protected by the relevant intellectual property laws and regulations of China. All the selected entries' copyrights and other rights and interests of intellectual property are owned by the committee. The entrants have the authorship.

IX. Contact

Address: World Expo 2010 Shanghai China Logo Collection Office, Room 308, 3rd floor, East Building, Shanghai Exhibition Center, 1000 Yan''an Road (M), Shanghai, P.R.China Post Code: 200040

Post Code: 200040

Telephone: 86-21-61202010

Fax: 86-21-61200645

Website: http://www.expo2010china.com

E-mail: Expologo@expo2010china.com