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The theme of Expo 2010 is “Better City, Better Life,” representing the common wish of the whole humankind for a better living in future urban environments. This theme represents a central concern of the international community for future policy making, urban strategies and sustainable development. In 1800, 2% of the global population lived in cities. In 1950, the figure raised to 29%, in 2000, almost half the world population moved into cities, and by 2010, as estimated by the United Nations, the urban population will account for 55% of the total human population.

The quest for a better life has run through the urban history of mankind. Through different sub-themes, Expo 2010 will create blueprints for future cities and harmonious urban life styles, providing an extraordinary educational and entertaining platform for visitors of all nations:

Blending of diverse cultures in the city

Economic prosperity in the city

Innovations of science and technology in the city

Remodelling of communities in the city

Interactions between urban and rural areas

Blending of diverse cultures in the city

Economic prosperity in the city

Innovations of science and technology in the city

Remodelling of communities in the city

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Blending of diverse cultures in the city

Blending of diverse cultures in the city

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Ever since its birth, the city has been accommodating the co-existence of different groups of people and different cultures, so the blend of diverse cultures is a special scene in the city. In the process of urban development, military conflicts, trade and migration have led to and even driven the collision and blending of multiple cultures, finally forming the unique style of each city. The style stems on the one hand from the cultural heritage and creative industries of the city, and on the other reflects the life style and value orientation of city inhabitants of all social sectors.Today, all countries in the world are paying more attention than ever to cultural freedom and cultural identity. In the climate of globalization, urban culture is subject to multiple impacts. For one thing, the prevalence of global or regional brands has led to the standardization of urban cultures, and the contact and collision between the relatively strong and weak cultures, between the foreign and the native cultures, and between the immigrant and the mainstream cultures, have never been more intense due to the free flow of information and people.Cultural diversity also means a harmony between the past and the future. The city is a key locus for heritage conservation, but the desire for economic development and modernization tends to pose a threat to the survival of tradition and heritage in cities.

the blend of diverse cultures is a special scene in the city.

the life style and value orientation of city inhabitants of all social sectors.

contact and collision between the relatively strong and weak cultures, between the foreign and the native cultures, and between the immigrant and the mainstream cultures

Cultural diversity also means a harmony between the past and the future.

In the meantime, thanks to the rapid speed of information transmission and digital technology today, more and more people are brought to the awareness of the protection of material and non-material heritages under threat.For that matter, more and more city administrators have recognized that a cultural strategy connecting the past with the future, facilitating the harmonious co-existence of diverse cultures, and stressing cultural identification, will make an integral part of the master strategy of the city for sustainable development.

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The blend of diverse cultures is a very special scene in the city

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The lifestyle and value orientation of city inhabitants of all social sectors

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Facilitating the harmonious co-existence of diverse cultures, and stressing cultural identification

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Economic prosperity in the city

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The earliest cities had risen on the basis of bazaars and agglomeration effect has played a critical role in the economic development in the city as a driving power. The urban economic prosperity may rely on its advantageous location, or its natural resources, or its human resources. In the age of knowledge economy, however, innovation and entrepreneurship have become the core driving force for sustainable economic development in the city. The innovation potential of the city depends on its research capacities, and more importantly on the creative interactions between people. Although closely connected with wealth of the city, entrepreneurship has for the most part derived from a cultural tradition that encourages risk-taking and business ventures. As innovation and entrepreneurship have to be carried out by people, the economic fate of the city depends on whether there are good work and living conditions to attract first-rate talents. In addition, good infrastructure facilities and consummate services will be a necessary support for economic prosperity in the city.Admittedly conflicts exist between economic development and environmental conservation.

sustainable economic development

creative interactions between people.

good work and living conditions

good infrastructure facilities and consummate services will be a necessary support for economic prosperity in the city. conflicts exist between economic development and environmental conservation.

In order to achieve the goal of sustainable development, many cities in the world today have adopted Recycle Economy as an important economic strategy. Recycle Economy advocates Reduction of resource consumption in production, Reuse of products, and Recycling of wastes (3Rs), aiming to achieve in the end a harmony between economic development and environmental well-being.In a word, economy in the future city will be more vigorous, and such vigor will come mainly from two sources: innovation and creativity of urban dwellers, and harmonious coexistence with nature.

Reduction of resource consumption in production, Reuse of products, and Recycling of wastes (3Rs),

harmony between economic development and environmental well-being.

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Sustainable economic development

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innovation of science andtechnologyin the city

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A huge platform for technological advancement, the city brings together various elements of innovation. The intensive communication among creative minds within the city produces sparks of innovation, and the research and production facilities in the city have at the same time helped to turn these sparks into technologies, and further into products and services that benefit humankind. Ever since the 20th century, rapid technological development has, on the other hand, made extensive urbanization possible. Meanwhile, the enrichment and improvement of material life are most clear and obvious in the city. While the dream of flight has been a factual reality for just a hundred years, the flight vehicle invented by humankind has landed on Mars. People have benefited greatly from science and technology in their day-to-day life, in their ways of communication, in healthcare and in wealth accumulation. In the meantime, the revolution of material life has left clear watermark on people’s cultural life and spiritual pursuit.

products and services that benefit humankind. rapid technological development has, on the other hand, made extensive urbanization possible. the enrichment and improvement of material life are most clear and obvious in the city.

People have benefited greatly from science and technology in their day-to-day life,

Today, when people observe the space through Hubble Space Telescope or reform life through genetic engineering, they are more clearly aware than ever of their own limitations. Science and technology are not omnipotent after all, and will not serve as a tool or weapon for humankind to conquer nature; instead, they should serve as a catalyst for symbiosis between human beings and nature.In the future city, science and technology will play a more constructive role in the conservation of nonrenewable resources, in the efficient use of energies, in the protection of bio-diversity, and in the building of a sustainable habitat models. In a word, science and technology will take mankind back to the embrace of Mother Nature.

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Products and services that benefit humankind

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The enrichement and improvement of material life are most clear and obvious

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Remodeling of communities in the city

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Communities are cells of the city, and the most common form of space for life. Only healthy “cells” can make a healthy and harmonious city. The goals of cultural blending and economic prosperity are all attained in communities as most basic living quarters.Construction and remodeling of communities in the city have always been the most urgent tasks of city administrators. It is the most lasting puzzle in the history of urban development as to how poverty-ridden areas can be eliminated from the social map of the city. Today, the structural change of urban population in developed countries and the rapid increase of urban population in developing countries have made the puzzle even more disturbing. In the Millennium Declaration, the United Nations proposes the goal of Cities without Slums, aiming to achieve a significant improvement in the lives of at least 100 million slum dwellers by 2020.Directed by the goal of sustainable development, community remodeling in the city of the 21st century will entail the creation of balanced communities, and the reduction or even elimination of gray or dark corners in the city.

Communities are cells of the city, and the most common form of space for life.

how poverty-ridden areas can be eliminated from the social map of the city.

community remodeling in the city of the 21st century will entail the creation of balanced communities,reduction or even elimination of gray or dark corners in the city.

A balanced community shall, by our definition, feature a reasonable structure of residents, reasonable housing ownership structure, sound infrastructure, congenial environment and sufficient employment and business opportunities.Communities in the future city will be featured by strong social cohesion, and a harmonious interaction with the city and other cells of the city. Man will always be at the center of the creation of better life in better communities.

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Communities are cells of the city and the most common form of space for life

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Ever since the city was born, urban and rural areas have been mutually interdependent in terms of economy, social activities and environment. Country people have made their living by selling their farm produce to the city, while the prosperity of the city has depended on the resources and demand from its hinterland.The expansion of the city has placed a considerable burden on the rural area, consuming or even depleting land and other resources in the countryside. New thinking in urban planning and new architectural and energy technologies will help to relieve the burden to the greatest extent. At the same time, the massive influx of immigration from the rural area will also pose a tough threat to city administrators. For one thing, the construction and renovation of communities in the city will create a better living environment for the urbanized population, and for another, the construction of small cities and towns will help to ease off the pressure of population growth and unemployment on big cities. Under the influence of globalization, agriculture in some countries has lost its competitive advantage. Sufficient interactions between the city and the countryside have become a necessity to help farmers diversify livelihood, or to remodel the production structure

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so as to regain competitiveness. A proper management of the flows of people, capital, commodities and information between urban and rural areas is the key to a harmonious and synchronized development of both the city and the countryside.At the moment, about a half of the global population is rural, and in Asia and Africa in particular, a large population is still living in the rural areas. In light of the huge divide between the city and the countryside in developing countries, international organizations are urging people to harness the linkages between urban and rural areas to reduce urban poverty and to improve rural living conditions.With the urbanization, the boundary between the city and the countryside has kept fading away, and the rural-urban relationship is getting closer. In some sense, harmony in the future city will depend to a great extent on an equally habitable and harmonious hinterland in the countryside.

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