Vicente Loscertales, the secretary general of the Bureau of International Exhibitions (BIE), in the chatroom

words from Vicente Loscertales

Vicente Loscertales, the secretary general of the Bureau of International Exhibitions (BIE), attended a live web chat with netizens this afternoon from 2pm to 3pm at the Eastday.com studio.

Loscertales said he had very high expectations for the 2010 World Expo in Shanghai, because Shanghai was one of the most prominent cities in Asia and the world, with rich and long history.

Loscertales praised the revamp of the official World Expo 2010 Website before kicking off the online chat.

In regards to the annual forum for the 2010 World Expo, which was held yesterday in Shanghai, he praised it as an event of high quality, which collected many useful suggestions for the development of the Expo theme.

Besides, he said he had a very positive assessment of the preparations of the World Expo 2010. 

Having regularly visited Shanghai since 1994, he said Shanghai was an open and dynamic city, since he had witnessed the transformation of the city in those 12 years.

During the one-hour chat, Loscertales answered more than 20 questions from the 129 questions raised by netizens.

Questions  ranged from the function of the BIE, the connotation of the Expo's theme to the secret of Loscertales' successful career.

Loscertales responded to these questions with great enthusiasm and congratulated the efforts of the staff for creating such a meaningful communication medium.

The chat was co-organised by the World Expo 2010 Official Website and www.eastday.com. The video of the online chat session is now available.

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