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College student Miao Linzhi visited the Shanghai World Expo site in early August. His target was clear: as a computer science major, he headed directly to the Corporate Pavilions, including the Information and Communication Pavilion, Broad Pavilion and SAIC-GM pavilion.
He was impressed by the non-electronic air-conditioned "Ye Zi" (Leaf) concept car, the visualization of urban traffic in 2030, and other high-tech exhibits.
"It' s a great inspiration for me. I never thought about these things before," said the 22-year-old.
Miao is not the only one to have been inspired by the half-year-long World Expo which started on May 1. Children who visited the Space Home Pavilion left messages saying they wanted to become astronauts when they grew up.
Ba Jiao, deputy curator of the Space Home Pavilion, said that would be an important part of the legacy of the Expo.
Ba said the theme of the Space Home Pavilion was all about "dreams and the future" . Even the three-dimensional movie "Wan Hu flying in the sky" , about a farmer' s dream of flying in the sky in ancient China' s Ming dynasty (1368-1644), showed audiences that every dream could come true one day.
"The abilities of imagination and innovation are significant to a nation," she said.
Wu, also editor of the book "Technological Innovation in World Exposition" , said besides the exhibits in the pavilions, the whole Expo site was a testing ground for high-end technologies.
"As the first Expo held in a developing country, it is an opportunity to advance the development of science and technology in China," she said.
She added that the world expo axis, which introduced the Huangpu River as a cooling and heat source and used rain collecting and recycling technology, had made a breakthrough in terms of dimensions.
The State Council, or China' s Cabinet, announced plans in October to develop new strategic industries such as alternative energy, biotechnology, new-generation information technology, high-end equipment manufacturing, advanced materials, alternative-fuel cars and energy-saving and environmental protection industries, to promote industrial upgrading and accelerate the pace of economic restructuring.
It noted that the value-added output of these industries would amount to 15 percent of the country' s GDP by 2020.
Wu Min said the Shanghai Expo, with the theme of "Better City, Better Life" , showed that realizing a low-carbon and environmental-friendly society needed to be supported by scientific and technological measures, and should also not neglect the achievements of the industrial era.
Some local governments have attempted to fulfill the goal of saving energy by restricting the use of electricity by families, which is definitely not correct, according to Wu.
The pavilion had received some 2.7 million visitors by the middle of October, with a maximum daily attendance of 53,000 people.
Ji Shisan, founder of an organization called "Scientific Squirrels" , which aims to make science popular, said people could no longer expect the Expo to reveal "big surprises" such as the steam engine and the incandescent lamp when the Internet could inform the world about such kind of developments in a matter of minutes.
However, he said it was important to give the general public an opportunity to closely look at and experience high-end technologies.
The Shanghai World Expo has attracted a record of more than 71 million visitors. On one hand, while more people got the chance to see new technology, on the other, the large numbers of crowds made it impossible for people to seek out more information.
Chen Tuoyang, high school student from Tian Jin, said he had always been interested in robots. So the violin-playing robot in the Japanese Pavilion and the 6.5-meter animated baby robot "Miguelin" in the Spanish Pavilion made him very happy.
"I' m so excited. They reflect such a high level of technology," the 12-year-old said. But he didn' t find any descriptions of the robots and found it practically impossible to talk with the staff among the crowds.
Wu Min, head of the Shanghai World Expo Information Center of the Shanghai Library, said it took time for people to understand the scientific and technological elements at the Expo, adding that long-term effort would be required for that, even after the Expo concluded on Oct. 31.
"We should always find a solution through the development of science and technology," she said.
Jiang Xiaoyuan, professor with the History and Philosophy of Sciences Department of Shanghai Jiao Tong University, said the Expo should also make people reflect on the importance of science and technology.
He said people should have a comprehensive understanding of science to prevent it from being used as a tool of capital and allow it to sound a warning on the effect on society if it developed too fast.
In the Urban Dreams Pavilion at the Puxi side of the Expo site, a large sculpture, composed of consumer goods such as a refrigerator, a TV set and car accessories, was hung from the pavilion's ceiling. It cast shadows on the walls on both sides -- one, displaying a disorderly city and the other, a harmonious city.
"It prompts visitors to understand that human beings have sacrificed their own living space, while seeking the further development of cities and reaping rewards from technology and manufacturing," read the exhibit description.
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