The Shanghai International Poster Competition to promote World Expo 2010 and the image of Shanghai is proving to be highly popular with designers in China and overseas.

　　The contest opened in May and the entries have poured in from foreign countries including the United States, Canada, Switzerland, Japan, Singapore, Malaysia and Iran as well as from designers across China.

　　To meet the response, the organisers have decided to extend the deadline for delivery of entries to October 12. The winners will be announced in the middle of October.