scene of provincial pavilion structure completion ceremony

Up to 18 of 31 provinces on Chinese mainland, including capital Beijing, today finished the steel structure of their pavilions at the China Pavilion.

Other provinces which finished structures are Tianjin, Liaoning, Heilongjiang, Jiangsu, Fujian, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Chongqing, Yunnan, Tibet, Shaanxi, Qinghai and Ningxia.

All the provincial pavilions will finish steel structures before the Chinese Spring Festival, which falls on next Sunday this year. These pavilions will be ready to receive visitors starting from April during trial runs of the Expo site, said Hong Hao, director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination.

The provincial pavilions are located at the skirt-building of the China Pavilion. Since December 18, 26 provinces have started to arrange their exhibitions within pavilions.

Gao Xiong, Vice Chairman of Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region, delivers a speech.

Hong Hao, director of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, delivers a speech.

Chen Xianjin, deputy director general of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, delivers a speech.

Zhang Zhunmin, deputy director general of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, delivers a speech.