BIE's Secretary-General

2008-12-5

Vicente Loscertales, BIE's Secretary-General
At the Third Participants' Meeting

"BIE encourages local interests or cities to buy pavilions after Expo so it can remain in China," Vicente Loscertales, Secretary-General of International Expositions Bureau, told local media at a press conference after the Third Participants Meeting of World Expo 2010.

According to BIE regulations, all temporary pavilions must be dismantled after Expo unless they are purchased and moved off site for other uses in China.

"To dismantle means not to destroy them or move them out of China," said Loscertales. He added BIE will also encourage participants to leave their Expo pavilions in the country after the 2010 event. It would be a great shame if these beautiful pavilions were torn down after Expo, Loscertales said.