scene of the promotion

Wu Yunfei, deputy director general of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, gives a speech.

Li Pei, Chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade Hunan Sub-council, delivers a speech.

Guo Xiaoming, vice general manager of China Mobile's Hunan branch, gives a speech.

Hunan residents buy tickets at the promotion.

A Hunan resident wins a ticket via a lucky draw.

A girl and her mother pose with Haibao.

performance at the promotion

The 2010 World Expo organizer and China Mobile's Hunan branch are promoting ticket sales of the world fair in Hunan Province.

Expo ticket counters have been set up at 16 China Mobile service branches in Hunan, officials told Hunan residents this morning in Changsha, the province's capital city.

People can also book tickets online at www.sh.chinamobile.com or call 12580.

About 20 corporations purchased about 1,000 tickets at the promotion and 50 Hunan residents won Expo tickets via a lucky draw.

Wu Yunfei, deputy director general of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, called for intensified attention of Expo 2010.

The public can buy tickets at more than 2,800 outlets at four major ticket agents - China Mobile, China Telecom, China Post and the Bank of Communications - across the country. The agents have opened hotlines, Websites and outlets around the world.

A standard single-day ticket costs 140 yuan (US$20.53), and a peak-day ticket costs 180 yuan until September 31, the end of the second sales phase.

People outside the mainland can buy tickets from nine agencies around the world, including United States-based Ticketmaster and Peregrine Travel Group, and Tianbao Travel Ltd in Canada.

Editor: Echo Hu