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Who will own the pavilions in the end of the Shanghai Expo?

In the Shanghai Expo, contestants from around the world are investing millions of dollars in building pavilions in Shanghai. In the end of the Expo, who will own the pavilions? China? or will it remain with the contestants? http://en.expo2010.cn/participation/pavilion/international/index.htm

Public Comments

1. "Contestants"? The World Expo is not a game show with contestants. The World Expo is a global showcase for nations to display their culture, technology, industry, and accomplishments. Shanghai is hosting the World Expo this year and it will be the largest in history. According to the World Expo website, the pavillions have various ownership arrangements: >> Type 1: Self-built Pavilion: pavilion designed and built by participants on the plot allocated by the Organizer >> Type 2: Rented Pavilion: stand-alone pavilion built by the Organizer and rented to participants >> Type 3: Joint Pavilion: pavilion constructed by the Organizer and allocated to developing nations free of charge After the conclusion of Expo 2010, official participants who have built and used Type 1 pavilions shall dismantle and clear from the site all buildings, structures, equipment and facilities (including base piles, base and pipelines) of the pavilions they have built, installed and decorated, and official participants who have used Type 2 and Type 3 pavilions shall remove all their exhibits, exhibition equipment and facilities from the pavilions or allocated exhibition spaces they have occupied. First-type pavilions shall be dismantled before May 1, 2011 at the latest, and for that matter official participants shall remove from the site all garbage, dregs, wastes, reusables and recyclables produced in the process of pavilion dismantling. Effective measures shall be taken to ensure that the site, pavilions and the environment are not polluted and the site or pavilions return to their original condition.
2. They're mostly owned by the partipating countries and have to be dismantled and shipped back to the respective country where they are from. Some may be given to China, everything is binding as according to the rules and regulations of the Expo.