Shanghai Daily news

The State Grid Corporation of China will build a separate corporate pavilion on the World Expo Shanghai site, Expo organizers announced yesterday.

State Grid, which became the eighth global partner of Shanghai Expo on December 17, is the fourth to join the company pavilion exhibition.

The company, listed 29th of Fortune 500 companies, said its exhibition will showcase how electricity has influenced the evolution of humankind.

State Grid, the world's biggest public utility company, will provide electricity and related services for the event.

China Mobile, a joint venture of Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation Group and General Motors, and Vanke, China's biggest listed real-estate developer, are the other three confirmed to build corporate pavilions.

Global partners have priority in the building of corporate pavilions, the organizers said.

Shanghai Expo will set up an area of 110,000 square meters to hold 16 corporate pavilions, including nine Chinese enterprises.

Among the 16 corporate pavilions, 14 will be newly built and two will be renovated from old factories.

Also yesterday, work began on three 110-kilovolt electric substations in the Expo Village, the accommodation area for workers in the southern Expo site.

The structures of the three substations will be built below the ground to preserve the look of the village. The above-ground part will be covered with greenery.

The three stations, expected to be completed in 2009, will provide safe, clean and high-quality electricity to the site.

The whole energy project for the Expo site includes five 110-kilovolt substations, two 220-kilovolt ones and two 500-kilovolt ones. One of the two 500-kilovolt substations is in Jing'an District, 1,000 meters from People's Square.