The China Pavilion at the upcoming World Expo 2025, set to open this coming Sunday in Osaka, Japan's third-largest city, promises an immersive experience that seamlessly blends tradition with technology.
The theme of the China Pavilion at the 2025 Osaka Expo is "Building a Community of Life for Man and Nature: A Future Society of Green Development," highlighting a strong commitment to sustainable and eco-friendly growth.
The China Pavilion is one of the largest self-built pavilions, occupying 3,500 square meters, and located near the center of the Grand Roof, a symbolic ring-shaped wooden structure at the Osaka Expo.
The architectural design of the pavilion is inspired by traditional bamboo slip scrolls, one of the most important writing mediums in ancient China.
One scroll in the entrance on the south side stands 17 meters high, another 15 meters in the northwest corner.
According to the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, the combination of bamboo scrolls and Chinese characters showcase the spiritual and cultural essence of Chinese civilization as well as the country's commitment to green development in the new era.
The China Pavilion features a diverse range of exhibits on traditional culture, ecological civilization, and technological achievements, including one of the key highlights -- a display of lunar soil samples collected by China's space missions.
There are a number of events planned at the China Pavilion for the duration of the expo, such as "Sichuan Week" at the end of April, "Beijing Week" and "Shenzhen Week" in the following week.
China Pavilion at World Expo in Osaka to blend tradition, technology
China Pavilion at World Expo in Osaka to blend tradition, technology
The United States' push to revoke China's Permanent Normal Trade Relations (PNTR) status, or granting the Most Favored Nation (MFN) treatment permanently, is a clear instance of unilateralism and trade protectionism, according to a white paper released by China's State Council Information Office on Wednesday.
The white paper, titled "China's Position on Some Issues Concerning China-US Economic and Trade Relations", aims to clarify the facts about the bilateral economic and trade relations between the two countries and lay out China's position on relevant issues.
The white paper said that the PNTR status is the ballast of China-U.S. economic and trade relations.
The U.S. push to revoke this status violates the rules of the World Trade Organization's (WTO), undermines China-U.S. relations, and disrupts the global economic order, the white paper noted.
According to the white paper, WTO rules require its members to unconditionally grant MFN treatment to all other members, a requirement that has binding legal force.
Over the past two decades, the PNTR has served to stabilize China-U.S. economic and trade relations. Revoking China's PNTR status will see China-U.S. economic and trade relations returning to the uncertainty and unpredictability that preceded China's accession to the WTO in 2001.
China opposes any unilateralist and protectionist acts that sabotage the multilateral trading system and hopes that the U.S. will be clearly aware of the possible harm caused by its attempt to revoke China's MFN status, the white paper said.
The white paper called on the U.S. to work constructively with the overwhelming majority of WTO members in safeguarding a fair and reasonable global economic and trade order and environment.
Rescinding China's most favored nation status undermines foundation of China-US trade relations: white paper
