Interparking 2006 to Open on October 8 & World Expo 2010 Exhibition Area Set for Special Unveiling

Interparking 2006 to Open on October 8 & World Expo 2010 Exhibition Area Set for Special Unveiling

September 27, 2006

    SHANGHAI, China, Sept. 27 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ --
Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. announced today
that the "World Expo 2010 Exhibition Area" will be
unveiled during the Shanghai International Parking Equipment
and Intelligent System Expo 2006" (Interparking 2006)
& International ITS Expo & Conference 2006
Shanghai," which are to be held at the INTEX Shanghai
on October 8.  

    Interparking 2006 will highlight the following:  

    -- The newest overall plan for urban transportation in
Shanghai, 
       including the Eleventh Five-year Plan for Shanghai
urban 
       transportation (objectives for the public
transportation network, 
       construction of public transportation pivots, as
well as objectives for 
       static transportation planning);

    -- Plans for the public parking facilities of the World
Expo 2010, 
       including peripheral parking and downtown parking
facilities, parking 
       lots for `park and ride' services, and management of
downtown public 
       parking lots/garages, as well as the setup of public
parking 
       information systems. 

    -- The ITS concept scheme for the World Expo 2010,
including the  
       objectives of constructing the World Expo 2010
Intelligent 
       Transportation System (ITS), the overall functions
of the World Expo 
       2010 ITS, and the World Expo 2010 ITS framework,
consisting of "one 
       center and six application systems."

    -- The influences on Shanghai from the ITS of the World
Expo 2005 in 
       Aichi, Japan;

    -- The principles and objectives of the comprehensive
inter-city 
       transportation networks that focus on the Yangtze
River Delta area, the 
       integrated transportation development framework
"five cycles, six 
       corridors and sixteen pivots," the expressway
framework, the railway 
       transportation network, and the river navigation
lanes.
 
    Through the new World Expo 2010 Exhibition Area,
exhibitors and audiences can learn more about the
comprehensive urban transportation plans in Shanghai that
are focused on the World Expo 2010 and can also actively
participate in the construction of World Expo related
transportation and parking projects.

    In addition, organizers will hold the "2006
Shanghai International Forum on Transportation in Urban
Areas" in the meeting room on the second floor of the
Shanghai Xinyuan Hotel on the afternoon of October 9.  The
Forum will be focusing on the themes of the "World
Expo 2010 and the Development of Intelligent Urban
Transportation."  Zhu Weiming, Deputy Director General
of Shanghai Municipal Public Security Bureau and head of the
traffic police, and Chen Xianjin, President of Shanghai
World Expo (Group) Co., Ltd. will address the forum. 

    About Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd.
(SIEC) 

    Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd. (SIEC) is
jointly invested by Shanghai World Expo (Group) Co., Ltd.
and the Council for the Promotion of International Trade,
Shanghai.  The SIEC was founded on July 1st, 1984 with the
approval of the Ministry of Foreign Trade & Economic
Cooperation and the People's Government of Shanghai
Municipality. 

    The SIEC is a full member of Union des Foires
Internationales (UFI).  The SIEC has held 500 international
exhibitions of various themes and sizes.  It also has
successfully held a number of solo exhibitions at national
level. 

    "AUTO SHANGHAI," "SHANGHAITEX,"
"CHINA CYCLE," "FASHION SHANGHAI,"
"ELE/PT COMM CHINA" are among the first eight
exhibitions approved excellent by THE EVALUATION COMMITTEE
OF SHANGHAI CONVENTIONAL & EXHIBITION INDUSTRIES.

    For more information, please contact:

     Chen Xiaoping, Project Director
     Add:   8/F, OOCL Plaza, 841 Yan An Zhong Road,
Shanghai 200040, China
     Tel:   [phone] 
     Fax:   [phone]   
     Email: [e-mail]
     Web:   http://www.siec-ccpit.com 

SOURCE  Shanghai International Exhibition Co., Ltd.