1929 Westlake exposition
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The 1929 Westlake exposition was a world's fair
held in Xihu District
, Hangzhou
, Zhejiang
province, Republic of China
in 1929. The event opened on June 6, 1929 lasting 137 days. There were 14,760,000 items in the exhibit with 20,000,000 visitors.
World's Fair
World's fair, World fair, Universal Exposition, and World Expo are various large public exhibitions held in different parts of the world. The first Expo was held in The Crystal Palace in Hyde Park, London, United Kingdom, in 1851, under the title "Great Exhibition of the Works of Industry of All...
held in Xihu District
Xihu District, Hangzhou
Xihu District is a district in Hangzhou, China, near West Lake.It has an area of 263 square kilometers, and a population of 520,000. The postal code is 310013.The district government is located on 1 Zheda Rd.-External links:...
, Hangzhou
Hangzhou
Hangzhou , formerly transliterated as Hangchow, is the capital and largest city of Zhejiang Province in Eastern China. Governed as a sub-provincial city, and as of 2010, its entire administrative division or prefecture had a registered population of 8.7 million people...
, Zhejiang
Zhejiang
Zhejiang is an eastern coastal province of the People's Republic of China. The word Zhejiang was the old name of the Qiantang River, which passes through Hangzhou, the provincial capital...
province, Republic of China
Republic of China
The Republic of China , commonly known as Taiwan , is a unitary sovereign state located in East Asia. Originally based in mainland China, the Republic of China currently governs the island of Taiwan , which forms over 99% of its current territory, as well as Penghu, Kinmen, Matsu and other minor...
in 1929. The event opened on June 6, 1929 lasting 137 days. There were 14,760,000 items in the exhibit with 20,000,000 visitors.