The Shanghai World Expo will stage more than 20,000 performances by Chinese and foreign artists during the 184-day event that starts May 1, an Expo spokesman said Monday.
Some 17,300 performances of 807 shows, selected from more than 10,000 candidate programs worldwide, have been included in the Expo's program, Hu Jingjun, deputy head of the Expo Bureau's coordination department, said when releasing an initial event listing.
The Expo Bureau expects the total number of performances to be more than 20,000 by the end of the expo, Hu said, meaning more than 100 performances on average will be given at the Expo park everyday.
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上海世博會5月、6月份文化演藝活動安排日前發(fā)布。其間的活動場次將超過2萬場,全部免費向世博游客開放。
據(jù)上海世博會事務(wù)協(xié)調(diào)局副局長胡勁軍介紹,經(jīng)過從上萬個節(jié)目中層層“海選”,目前已有來自海內(nèi)外的807個節(jié)目“走進”世博園區(qū)的文化演藝活動編排表,總場次為17288場。
其中,上海世博局方面組織的節(jié)目數(shù)為24個,場次11621場;各參展方節(jié)目數(shù)為783個,場次為5667場。這意味著,184天世博會中,平均每天約有94場演出。據(jù)悉,一些演出將在世博會開幕后加進來,估算每天將會有100場以上。室內(nèi)室外共32個場地,每天可容納20萬至22萬名觀眾。
據(jù)世博局官方最新數(shù)字,確認(rèn)參展的192個國家和地區(qū)中,159個國家和地區(qū)申報了237個國家館日文藝活動,為世博會歷史最多。而沙特阿拉伯在近30年間從未參加世博的演出,但是今年上海世博會,沙特阿拉伯將30年來首次參演。