Romania – 6 months of participation at World Expo 2010
Video- 5,473,000 visitors in 190 days;
- Romania-China Cultural Week held at the Pavilion, an event attended by MA Zhongping, President of the local Parliament of Shaanxi Province, Zhou Yibo, Vice-President of the local Parliament, Geng Jian, President of F&J Education Fund, Olivier Rasat, Director of the EU Pavilion;
- Daily shows performed by “Dorna Dorului” ensemble and “Harghita” Szecklers’ folklore ensemble;
- Artistic show by “Harghita” Szecklers ensemble on 28 October 2010, as part of “West Lake Expo” held in the town of Hangzhou;
- Continuation of the cultural programs “Travelling Piano” and “Music: Unity in Diversity”;
- Economic forum for the promotion of Romanian wines – an economic mission;
- Painting and photographic art exhibitions: Photographic Memories (Florin Andreescu), Chinese Painting and Calligraphy Exhibition (Zhou YIBo), Cube Exhibition, Play Space (architect Adrian Neculai and students of Ion Mincu University of Architecture and Urbanism), Şincai Art Exhibition (Manuela Botiş, Teodor Botiş, Smaranda Suciu, Petru Lucaci, and also works by a group of students of Gh. Şincai High School), photo exhibition on Fashion and Ecology (Cosmin Gogu, Marius Baragan, Gabriel Hennessey, Alex Gâlmeanu, Ionuţ Staicu, Codrin Serghei, Roro Şerban, Tibi Clenci), painting and photo exhibition “Better City, Better Life,” organized by the Ministry of Education, Research, Youth and Sport;
- Visits by 140 delegations.
Romania – 5 months of participation in World Expo
- 4 million visitors;
- 180 official delegations;
- Over 3,100 artistic shows, concerts, dance performances;
- Staging of thematic Weeks for the promotion of Romanian products: “Ciuc Beer Week,” “Ursus Beer Week,” and “Jidvei Wine Week”;
- The cultural agenda of Romania’s Pavilion included a new series of artistic events, such as:
- Folk music and dance shows by “Dorna Dorului” ensemble and “Harghita” Szecklers ensemble;
- Folklore show by “Dorna Dorului” ensemble on 24 September 2010, as part of the “Moon Festival” in Hangzhou, at the invitation of the local government of Hangzhou Municipality;
- As part of “Travelling Piano” tour, on 26 September 2010, pianist Peter Pazicky from Slovakia and guitar player Hugues Navez from Belgium gave a concert on the stage of the Romania Pavilion at EXPO 2010. The event was organized by the European Union and was considered one of the major cultural programs staged by EU at EXPO 2010;
- Instrumental music concerts – violin, viola, clarinet and piano, performed over 2 August – 15 September 2010, by representatives of the Music School of Timişoara, namely Sextet “Musica Omnia” and Quintet “Capriccioso;
- Folk music and dance shows from the national and international repertoire of “Nagyvárad” Ensemble of the State Philharmonic or Oradea, over 2 August – 15 September 2010;
- The series of shows under the heading “The Dolls Shop,” performed by the children’s ballet troupe “Studio M Ballet” of the Bucharest National Opera House, over 3 – 12 September 2010. The artistic program included fragments from famous ballet shows like: “The Nutcracker,” “The Swan Lake,” “Don Quixote,” with the dancers performing, besides the classical variant also jazz dance and modern dance;
- The official delegations who visited Greenopolis in September, included: a Romanian-Chinese delegation made up of former Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ambassador Sergiu Celac; the Director of the Romanian Institute for International Studies, Ambassador Nicolae Ecobescu; the President of Foundation EURISC-European Institute for Risk Security and Communication Management, Liviu Mureşean; the Deputy Director of the Chinese Institute for Contemporary International Relations, Li XIN, and researcher from the Institute for International Studies, Zhao Long – 10 September 2010;
- The visit of a group made up of 45 personalities holding important positions in various fields of activity of Chinese society, graduates from the prestigious Chinese “Shaanxi Xian Jiao Tong University,” headed by Geng Jian, President of F&T International Group.
Romania – 4 months of participation in World Exhibition
- Over 2,900,000 visitors;
- 2,400 shows performed by Romanian artists;
- Artistic shows performed by Oradea Folklore Ensemble (Nagyvarad) and representatives of the Music School of Timişoara;
- The opening of the cultural exchange program on the stage of the Romania Pavilion under the heading “Music - Unity in Diversity”;
- Concerts given on the Greenopolis stage by the chamber music group “Romanian Piano Trio”- Alexandru Tomescu, Horia Mihail and Răzvan Suma;
- IT mini-exhibition - “Romania – Creative talent. Technical excellence”;
- Aeronautics mini-exhibition “Together into the Future”;
- Visits by 130 official delegations and a large number of personalities from various domains;
- The most important visit by a foreign delegation to the Romania Pavilion was the one paid by the European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy and Vice-President of the European Commission, Catherine Ashton.
Romania – 3 months of participation in World Expo
- 2,150,000 visitors;
- Over 1,800 artistic shows (around 20 every day);
- Events for the promotion of Romanian-Chinese commercial relations (Romanian-Chinese economic forum, Romanian Fashion Week in Shanghai and an exhibition of general products);
- Artistic shows performed by “Zece Prăjini” brass band, “Căluşarii Slatinei” folklore ensemble, “Imporioso” Quartet and “Composito” Quintet;
- Romania Week in Shanghai;
- Celebration of Romania National Day at the World Exhibition, with Minister of Foreign Affairs Teodor Baconschi in attendance;
- Gala performance, with the participation of the National Radio Orchestra, conducted by Tiberiu Soare, on the occasion of the National Day;
- A series of concerts performed by Damian Drăghici and Grigore Leşe on the stage in Europe Square within EXPO 2010;
- Visitor No. 2,000,000 to the Romania Pavilion was awarded a prize on 24 July.
Romania – 2 months of participation in World Expo
- 1,300,000 visitors;
- Round table on energy and infrastructure issues and a Romanian-Chinese business forum;
- Presentation of the invention “Method and installation to increase energy yield when burning natural combustible gas,” by physicist Aurel Enache;
- Romanian Wine Show;
- Concerts performed by “Holograf” band.
Romania – 1 month of participation in World Expo
- 330,000 visitors;
- “Romanian Wine Week”;
- The first series of artists on the stage of the Romania Pavilion in Shanghai: “Crişana” folklore ensemble and “Shavale” brass band;
- The Romania Pavilion participates in the events occasioned by Europe Day at Expo 2010;
- Over 400 hours of cultural programs.
Impressions by high officials who visited the Romania Pavilion
The European Union High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Catherine Ashton: “The cultural events hosted by Romania’s Pavilion have made it famous amongst the other participants. Before my visit here I had learnt about the cultural events going on every day at your Pavilion.”
Hua Junduo, Commissioner General for Expo 2010 Shanghai, China: “Romania’s wonderful Pavilion has deeply impressed us through its unique architecture and wide variety of exhibition forms. We have discovered one of the most impressive Pavilions on the entire site of the World Exhibition. Thank you once again for the efforts you and your team made for building a Pavilion fitting so closely the theme of Expo 2010 Shanghai.”
The Secretary General of the Bureau International des Expositions (BIE), Vicente Gonzales Loscertales: “You have managed to create a special area and visitors are greatly attracted by what they can find here. I congratulate you on this achievement, everything is very beautiful.”
Zhou Hanmin, member of the Standing Bureau of the Chinese People’s Political-Consultative Conference and Deputy Director of the Executive Committee of World Exhibition 2010 Shanghai: “The design of the Romania Pavilion is quite special within the EXPO site and I would like to mention that Romania’s participation in EXPO 2010 Shanghai is a good opportunity to develop and strengthen bilateral relations.”
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