The China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT) has confirmed the participation of China at Expo 2027 Belgrade on Friday.
Chairman of the CCPIT Ren Hongbin on Friday morning submitted the participation confirmation letter for the expo to Serbian Ambassador to China Maja Stefanovic, confirming China's participation in the event.
Taking place in the capital of Serbia between May 15 and Aug 15, 2027, the expo will be organized under the theme "Play for Humanity: Sport and Music for All."
Through the harmonious blend of sports and music, the event seeks to open a new chapter of history filled with harmony, friendship and unity, in an era full of global challenges.
Expo 2027 Belgrade is expected to have about 120 countries to participate and receive more than 4 million visitors, according to its organizer.
The Bureau International des Expositions (BIE) categorizes international exhibitions into two main types: World Expos and Specialized Expos.
World Expos occur every five years and run for six months. Specialized Expos can be held in the years between World Expos and last for three months.
The CCPIT will organize the China Pavilion at the Expo 2027.
China confirms its participation in Expo 2027 Belgrade
China's 16th Arctic Ocean expedition achieved the country's first video call spanning the North and South Poles on September 25, coinciding with the Mid-Autumn Festival, using a domestically developed satellite system with a delay of no more than one second.
The expedition deployed four vessels -- Xuelong, Xuelong 2, Jidi, and Tansuo 3 -- to study extreme environmental changes in the Arctic amid accelerating global warming. On September 29, China's research icebreakers Xuelong and Xuelong 2 returned to Shanghai after completing their missions, while Jidi and Tansuo 3 continue their expedition tasks and are expected to return in mid-October following a three-month journey.
The expedition team held a satellite video conversation with China's Antarctic Qinling Station, extending festive greetings to their polar scientific research counterparts and testing a large-scale constellation designed to provide global broadband internet and support integrated space-Earth 6G networks.
"This is the first time that China has used a domestically developed communications satellite system to make a video call across the largest latitude span," said Liu Feng, a senior engineer at the National Marine Data and Information Service.
The around-13,000-satellite GW constellation, led by China Satellite Network Group (SatNet), is China's first mega low Earth orbit satellite internet project. During the polar test, the maximum uplink and downlink speed reached around 30 megabits per second, equivalent to taking about 10 minutes to download a 1GB file. The equipment can also be used for emergency rescue and maritime communications.
"During the test period, it also supported real-time communications among Xuelong, Jidi, Tansuo 3, the National Marine Data and Information Service and the Polar Research Center. After Jidi and Tansuo 3 entered ice zone operation areas, their communication could not be guaranteed. So file transfers and navigation logs had to be transmitted through the SatNet equipment," said Zhang Bin, an engineer at the National Marine Data and Information Service. The successful test of the domestically produced satellite communication equipment marks China's independent control over polar region communications. The equipment ensures that data remains within the country, effectively safeguarding data security.
China holds first video call between North, South Poles via homegrown satellite system
