Beijing roast duck, one of the most famous of Chinese dishes, will be on the menu at the Shanghai World Expo, managers of the Quanjude restaurant chain said yesterday.

China is confident of hosting a safe and successful World Expo, Shanghai's top leader has said in the aftermath of serial suicide bombings in Russia which have jolted the world.

With just a month to go until the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, preparations for the main pavilions are entering their final stages.

The Taiwan Pavilion at the World Expo 2010 Shanghai will begin a trial run on April 20 and open on May 1 as scheduled, an organizer said Thursday.

WITH ONE month to go before the World Expo 2010, China’s financial capital Shanghai is gearing up for a tourism boom as it seeks to promote China’s most glamorous city to the world with the event known as the “Economic Olympics”.

Actor Lee Jun-ki has been picked to promote Korea at the 2010 Shanghai Expo. He received a letter of appointment from the Korea Trade-Investment Promotion Agency at its headquarters in Seoul on Wednesday. Lee will attend various promotional events at the expo to be held from May to October in the Chinese city.

Vice mayor of Shanghai Yang Xiong says Shanghai will not seek profit from the upcoming World Expo.

With only 30 days left, Shanghai is busy ironing out kinks and making sure it is ready for the most extravagant Expo in 151 years. The city is adding final touches to infrastructure and beautification projects and trying to ensure all Expo pavilions open on time.