The Caribbean Community (CARICOM) is among more than 200 participants at Expo 2010 which officially opened in Shanghai, China, on the evening of April 30 last, and where some 70 million visitors are expected to visit.
The exposition, themed ‘Better City, Better Life’, concludes on October 31, 2010. All CARICOM member states, with the exception of Montserrat, are participating in the exposition and will be housed in a ‘common’ pavilion where individual booths have been constructed for the respective member states.
The CARICOM Secretariat is sharing a booth with the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB), Secretary General Edwin Carrington told a news briefing yesterday, just hours before he departed Guyana for China.
On Saturday, July 17, the Caribbean Community will be showcased at the Expo 2010, Shanghai , with the celebration of CARICOM DAY, at which the Caribbean Community will be represented by a delegation headed by President Bharrat Jagdeo, and includes Secretary General Carrington, in the capacity of Commissioner General of Sections. Others members of the delegation are Prime Minister Tillman Thomas of  Grenada and Prime Minister Dr. Denzil Douglas of St Kitts and Nevis.
The highlight of the days of activities on CARICOM Day in Shanghai, the Secretary General noted, will be the hoisting of the CARICOM Standard, statements by the Chinese authorities, and CARICOM, a cultural presentation and the showcasing of cultural heritage, natural landscape and resources, clean energy development, urban development, tourism products, culinary delights, fashion, arts, craft, and music.
EXPO 2010 is the first World Expo with a city theme, representing the common sentiment of mankind for a safer, better living in urban environments.
And, according to the organizers, the theme is one of the central concerns of the international community for policymaking, urban strategies and sustainable development.
Secretary-General Carrington had in April 2009 signed a Financing Agreement, and in November, a Leading Participation Agreement with China in that country.