In the Expo park, people can see a world that is diverse and colorful.

In the face of the trend of globalization, all nations can only reach the goal of common development and common prosperity by showing tolerance for each other and co-existing in harmony.

RICH LEGACY OF SHANGHAI EXPO TO REACH FAR AND DEEP

The world expo is like a sowing machine in the intellectual world and also a promoter in the cause of social progress.

The theme of the World Expo, "Better City, Better Life," has distinctive features of the modern times. It raised questions as to how to cope with industrialization, climate change, population growth and security and disseminated the ideas concerning future cities.

For the first time in expo history, Shanghai created a pavilion designed for the disabled, called the Life and Sunshine Pavilion.

It set up Urban Best Practice Areas (UBPA) and a specific website for the expo, both unprecedented in history.

Executive Director of the United Nations Human Settlements Programme (UN-Habitat) Joan Clos said the Chinese government and the Shanghai municipal government have held an excellent expo with its theme matching the messages and efforts of the UN-Habitat.

Vicente Loscertales, secretary-general of the French International Expositions Bureau (BIE), said: "China has been able to fully interpret and to put into practice the core values of education, innovation, cooperation which are the foundation on which an Expo develops its legacy."

He commended China's openness to the world and cooperation with BIE and said the overwhelming success of the Shanghai Expo 2010 will inspire future hosts of World Expos.