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(huì)5月、6月份文化演藝活動(dòng)安排日前發(fā)布。其間的活動(dòng)場(chǎng)次將超過(guò)2萬(wàn)場(chǎng),全部免費(fèi)向世博游客開放。
據(jù)上海世博會(huì)事務(wù)協(xié)調(diào)局副局長(zhǎng)胡勁軍介紹,經(jīng)過(guò)從上萬(wàn)個(gè)節(jié)目中層層“海選”,目前已有來(lái)自海內(nèi)外的807個(gè)節(jié)目“走進(jìn)”世博園區(qū)的文化演藝活動(dòng)編排表,總場(chǎng)次為17288場(chǎng)。
其中,上海世博局方面組織的節(jié)目數(shù)為24個(gè),場(chǎng)次11621場(chǎng);各參展方節(jié)目數(shù)為783個(gè),場(chǎng)次為5667場(chǎng)。這意味著,184天世博會(huì)中,平均每天約有94場(chǎng)演出。據(jù)悉,一些演出將在世博會(huì)開幕后加進(jìn)來(lái),估算每天將會(huì)有100場(chǎng)以上。室內(nèi)室外共32個(gè)場(chǎng)地,每天可容納20萬(wàn)至22萬(wàn)名觀眾。
據(jù)世博局官方最新數(shù)字,確認(rèn)參展的192個(gè)國(guó)家和地區(qū)中,159個(gè)國(guó)家和地區(qū)申報(bào)了237個(gè)國(guó)家館日文藝活動(dòng),為世博會(huì)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(huì),沙特阿拉伯將30年來(lái)首次參演。