(PEI XIN)

The Pavilion of the Future, one of the five themed pavilions of the Shanghai Expo 2010, stands on the western bank of the Huangpu River. The pavilion was converted from an old industrial building.

March 11 marked the 50-day countdown to the Shanghai Expo--the first World Expo with low-carbon theme in the event's 160-year history.

The 5.8-square km exposition site will become the venue for China's largest ever solar energy application project, when 4.5-megawatt solar power generators are put into operation. In four landmark pavilions along the Central Axis of the Expo site, LED lamps will account for more than 80 percent of lighting systems.