Bob Yang/Shanghai Daily news

Construction of Shanghai World Expo's magnificent China Pavilion is close to completion as workers continue to toil around the clock to meet the deadline.

Last week, Xia Zhenghua, a deputy project manager of the pavilion, said about 80 percent of it had been built with the whole steel structure expected to be finished by next month. The complete decoration and fit-out of the structure will take another 12 months.