Shanghai Expo receives 50 million visitors

The ongoing Shanghai World Expo 2010 has received 50 million visitors as of 5:31 p.m. Friday, according to the Expo Coordination Bureau.

Also on Friday, the Expo Garden received 320,000 visitors for the day.

Since the beginning of September, daily number of visitors to the international cultural gala remained within 300,000 in most days, down from the average daily level for August when students spent part of their summer vacation at the Expo.

The bureau estimates, by the end of the Expo, that the number of visitors to the 184-day event will reach around 60 million. The Shanghai World Expo will end on Oct. 31.

Source: Xinhua, September 11, 2010