Shanghai Daily news

China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation has confirmed with organizers they will build a joint corporate pavilion with China Aerospace Science and Industry Corporation and China Electronics Technology Group Corporation at World Expo 2010.

The three groups will build a China Aerospace Pavilion at the Expo site to showcase China's achievements in the aerospace industry.

Zhou Hanmin, deputy director general of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, met with He Dongfeng, the assistant general manager of China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, to talk about the details of their participation.

It is the fifth corporate pavilion confirmed for Expo.

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

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

The 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.

Owning an Expo site area of 0.85 square kilometers, Luwan District announced yesterday that it has kicked off a new round of construction to create a "living room" for the event.

Luwan, which will hold the Expo's enterprise pavilion, is planning to renovate a former factory plant of the Jiangnan Shipyard Co Ltd into a new exhibition facility in which companies from all over the world can showcase their latest high-tech products.

The district is expected to develop an office building covering 1.53 million square meters by 2010 along downtown Huaihai Road to capture business and commercial opportunities expected to be brought by Expo.

The Expo Exhibition Center will also be built in the Hong Kong New World Tower on Huaihai Road M.