Shanghai Daily news

Shanghai Automotive Co (SAIC) and General Motors Corp (GM) confirmed they will set up a joint exhibition hall World Expo 2010 in Shanghai. They are the first two corporations to confirm participation at the event.

The two auto makers, who are among the six top partners of the event, told the Shanghai Expo Bureau that they wouldhave a hight-tech exhibit, Yang Xiong, executive deputy director of the Executive Committee of the World Expo 2010 Shanghai, said at a news conference in Beijing this morning.

Yang, who is also Shanghai's vice mayor, said the Expo bureau would set up 16 corporate exhibition halls in Puxi for the event. The bureau has already sent invitations to all top partners.

The World Expo 2010 now has six partners, which are China Eastern airlines, China Mobile, China Telecom, Bank of Communications, Shanghai Automotive Co, General Motors, and Siemens.