On the 22nd, he published a signed article "Expo brings spiritual wealth to the people of China". The article said that the World Expo is closely related to the progress of the world, and the concept of the World Expo is closely related to human rationality. A clear understanding of the world trend and the future value orientation of mankind may be the most precious spiritual wealth that the Shanghai World Expo will give to the people of China, especially the young people of China who will decide the future of the motherland.
The article is excerpted as follows:
Expo 20 10 has knocked on the door of China, and people are eagerly waiting for it, as if expecting a grand festival. This is a national event as well as a world event. This World Expo is by far the largest in the world, which has a wide influence and unique role in promoting world peace and harmony. Moreover, the world is in a critical year to get rid of the financial crisis, so it is natural that such a grand event should be concerned.
China's qualification for hosting the World Expo is the same as that for successfully hosting the Olympic Games two years ago. The root cause is, in the final analysis, the inevitable result of the rapid strengthening of the comprehensive strength of China countries since the reform and opening up. Especially in the face of the sudden financial tsunami, China not only adopted effective measures and corresponding fiscal, monetary and monetary policies, but also maintained the basic stability of its own economic development, thus benefiting the whole world. As a responsible big country, China is playing an increasingly important role in the international community, attracting worldwide attention and winning universal respect and trust.
Scan a "compressed world"
For such an unprecedented event, China people often compare the upcoming Shanghai World Expo with the 2008 Beijing Olympic Games when they are excited. Perhaps, it is this contrast that will make us see the unique charm and significance of the Shanghai World Expo more clearly.
Fundamentally speaking, hosting the Beijing Olympic Games and the Shanghai World Expo is the inevitable result of China's reform and opening up for more than 30 years, a major historical turning point in improving China's international status, a sign of the international community's friendship and interest in China, the world's largest developing country, a remarkable sign of the profound changes in the world political structure and the world economic structure, and an excellent opportunity to "let the world know about China and China", but there are still differences and emphases between the two.
A young man who became famous for designing a comprehensive strategy to visit the World Expo inadvertently said the "difference" between the two. He believes that the Beijing Olympic Games is to let foreigners know about China, while the Shanghai World Expo is to let China people know about the world. In order to prove his point of view, young people also cited a specific data as proof. That is to say, among the 70 million visitors (up and down 10%), only 3.5 million are foreigners, and the rest are all from China.
Tens of millions of China people gathered in Shanghai in such a concentrated period of time just to see the big Shanghai? Of course not, and it's unnecessary. Because China's Shanghai is eternal to China people, and it is a city that you can visit whenever you are interested. So why did these people come all the way here? The answer is actually very simple and clear: they want to scan a "compressed" world as much as possible in this limited and precious time and space! Enjoy the material and spiritual achievements of all countries in the world and feel the "wind of the century" when mankind enters a new era!
To be sure, people will first feel the dazzling and colorful beauty of architectural art. Imagine that when the "veil" of the World Expo is unveiled, many exotic venues will be displayed in front of us like exquisite works of art: the Saudi Pavilion presents us with a "treasure ship of the Silk Road", and its main building is like a giant ship suspended in the air-the moon boat; Brazil Pavilion is a "green bird's nest", and its tropical jungle-like green makeup design brings people into the colorful "lungs of the earth"; The Russian Pavilion is shaped like a "sun flower", consisting of twelve towers and a cube hanging in the air. Singapore Pavilion, shaped like a music box, shows the theme of urban symphony; Like a Japanese pavilion on a crawling purple silkworm island, the semi-circular dome is like a "robotech"; Finland Pavilion is an asymmetric curling, in which there will be a traditional Finnish sauna. The Norwegian Pavilion consists of 15 huge "trees", all of which are made of wood and bamboo, showing the "gift of nature". The British Pavilion looks like dandelion, the Spanish Pavilion looks like a rattan basket, and the German Pavilion is suspended in the air. In addition, the little mermaid in Denmark, the reliefs in the Czech Republic and the "thinker" in France ... will make people dazzled and linger.
In addition to these intuitive and beautiful impressions, the Expo will make us more aware of the general development trend of those international cities in the world as a whole, so as to more consciously grasp the road of ecological, knowledge-based, people-oriented, international and clustered metropolis construction. It will make people in China more clearly understand the relationship between modern cities and modern people's spiritual life. In the comparative exchange of urbanization and development modes in various countries, we will realize that urban planning and design in the 2 1 century should fully respond to the deep needs of people's spiritual life while considering production and material life.
A lively city image itself will have a subtle enlightenment on people. It trains our eyes with rich and delicate beauty, cultivates our interests, shapes our emotions and increases our pleasure. Similarly, as a long-term friendly memory symbol, it always encourages people to talk and communicate calmly.
This kind of urban design based on humanization and architectural aesthetics will have an impact on the social environment and subtly awaken residents' harmonious desire, goodwill and creative impulse. The essence of "Better City, Better Life" is to use the beauty of the city to enhance human kindness, tolerance and mutual assistance and improve people's courage in life.
The pursuit of scientific and technological progress is endless.
If it is not mysterious, we should understand that the earliest origin of the World Expo is actually a huge world material exchange gathering. We can see from the Riverside Scene at Qingming Festival that it is a big market held in a gathering area where merchants from all directions and urban and rural residents gather at a certain time (such as a festival). Just as the original form of the Olympics is nothing more than people having fun at the harvest celebration wedding banquet.
However, with the passage of time and the progress of civilization, especially after the World Expo was officially held in 185 1, this "world collection" has increasingly reflected the achievements of the development of human productive forces. This kind of achievement is bound to bear some kind of values possessed by human beings in different times, reflecting the life goals of human beings in a period and their yearning and longing for the future. Along this cognitive track, we can clearly see that in the history of Expo 150 years, the focus of attention of the international community has been changing in turn with the passage of time, and we will also perceive the continuous evolution and progress of human survival and values on earth.
From 185 1 to 1933, although there is no clear theme of the Expo, the concepts of "knowledge is power" and "unlimited scientific and technological creation" have permeated almost every Expo in the middle. The ostentatious appearance of countless novel products reflects people's endless desire for scientific and technological progress and their confidence and pride in conquering nature.
Since the 1970s, the history of the World Expo has turned a new page. 1972, the United Nations adopted the Declaration on the Human Environment, calling on all governments and people in Qi Xin to work together to safeguard and improve the human environment for the benefit of future generations. From 65438 to 0974, the theme of the Expo in Spokane, USA was clearly defined as "pollution-free progress", which symbolically kicked off the Expo's concern about "human and environmental protection", and also marked the Expo's third development period, that is, from focusing only on human well-being to exploring the harmonious relationship between man and nature and how to ensure the sustainable development of human society.
Subsequently, Knoxville Expo 1982, New Orleans Expo 1984, Tsukuba Expo 1985, etc. , has touched on topics such as energy, water and human settlements, all of which are directly or indirectly related to "coping with climate change". 1985, the theme of World Environment Day was "Youth, Population and Environment", and the theme of Expo Tsukuba in the same year was determined as "Living and Environment-Human Home Technology". Expo 2000 in Hanover, Germany not only put "human, nature and technology" in the first place at the same time, but also laid the foundation for the global spread of the concept of "sustainable development". It is no exaggeration to say that in the past forty years, in the Expo venues where national flags are flying, the alarm of the crisis between man and nature has never been silent.
Recognize the future value orientation of mankind
The upcoming China-Shanghai World Expo also aims at "green" and "low carbon". On the one hand, its organizers and sponsors strive to reflect low-carbon environmental awareness from the source in the whole process of site selection, planning, design, construction, operation and subsequent utilization. On the other hand, around the theme of "Better City, Better Life", participating countries and regions from all over the world will also compete to show their unique environmental protection ideas and yearning for a new life on this stage of various civilizations.
Looking back at history, we can understand that the World Expo is closely related to the progress of the world, and the concept of the World Expo goes hand in hand with human reason. It should be said that the people of China today welcome the World Expo more than ever before, and are more willing to host it. One of the most important reasons is that after more than 30 years of rapid development, China is trying to explore a road of sustainable development in which people, people and society, and people and nature live in harmony. This new exploration coincides with the theme of previous World Expos in the past 40 years, which will be very valuable in the future development trend of the world.
As you can imagine, when tens of millions of China people step into the gate of the Shanghai World Expo with great joy, they will surely touch the pulse of human civilization progress and deeply feel that our ancient Chinese civilization has become so young in the pace of the rushing world trend!
A clear understanding of the general trend of the world and the future value orientation of mankind may be the most precious spiritual wealth that the Shanghai World Expo will give to the people of China, especially the young people of China who will decide the future of the motherland.