Ticket Categories and Rates

 How to Identify An Expo Ticket

Please buy expo tickets at entrances or appointed ticket offices and agents. At present, there is no discounts on the ticket price, except preferential price for student, kids and senior people. Pay attention to bogus ticket which is too cheap or has been used. Used ticket has embossing stamp 'Expo 2010 Shanghai' at the edge, or a punch mark on the corner. Here below  is an unused ticket and  used ticket with embossing 'Expo 2010' on edges.

Unused Expo Ticket

Used Expo Ticket

  Tips to distinguish a genuine expo ticket:
1. Under the ultraviolet lamp, red, blue and green fibres can been seen randomly distributed here
2. Under natural light or lamplight, translucent wave images on the façade take on antique bronze color and take on green color if inclined at an angle of 45 degrees.
3. Under a magnifying glass, main picture on the ticket is surrounded by the shading of 'Expo 2010'.
4. Under natural light or lamplight, the background of the characters on bottom of the ticket takes on scarlet gold color and takes on green if inclined at an angle of 45 degrees. In strong light, it shows obvious metallic luster and twinkle, granular and rough to touch.
5. In natural light and lamplight, you can see blue, gold, pink and green square glittering spangles to flicker on the black background under the characters.

 Where to Buy Shanghai Expo Tickets

 Buy Expo Ticket on the Spot
In the entrances and exits of Shanghai expo, visitors can buy Night Admission, Standard Day Single Day Admission and Standard Day Special Admission in ticket office on the spot. 
Tips: The Night Admission is sold before 20:50 everyday.

 Four Appointed Ticket Agents in China:
China Mobile Communications Corporation (CMCC)
Official Website: http://www.chinamobile.com/en/
China Telecom
Official Website: http://en.chinatelecom.com.cn/
Bank of Communications
Official Website: http://www.bankcomm.com/BankCommSite/en/index.jsp
China Post
Official Website: http://www.chinapost.cn/English/
Notes: Visitors have to book expo ticket through local offices of these four ticket agents. China Mobile offers online reservation, Chinese version only at http://ticket.chinamobile.com. 

 Other Ticket Agents in Shanghai:
Apart from those appointed ticket agents, Shanghai Expo organizer also empowers Shanghai Railway, Bailian Group, Shanghai Hualian Lawson Co., Ltd, etc to sell Shanghai Expo tickets. That is to say, visitors can buy Shanghai Expo ticket in totally 116 railway ticket offices, 126 Hualian Supermarkets, 16 Lianhua Supermarkets, 26 Quik Convenient Stores, 296 Alldays Convenient Stores, 157 Kedi Convenient Stores and 81 Lawson Convenient Stores all over Shanghai. 
Ticket Categaries: Only Single Admission of Standard Days and Special Admission of Standard Days can be purchased in those places.

 Overseas Appointed Ticket Agents
China Travel Service (H.K.) Ltd. (Hong Kong)
China Travel Service (Macau) Ltd. (Macau)
New Sintra Tours Limited (Macau)
China Travel Service (Taiwan)
JTB Corp. (Japan)
GlobeVison. Krea. Inc (South Korea)
China Travel Service (Australia)
Helen Wong's Tours (Australia)
Ticketmaster Inc. (USA & Canada)
Tian Bao Travel Ltd. (Canada)
Peregrine Travel, Inc. (USA)
Agence Chine Tourisme (France)
CHIMA Fernost Service Jun Zuo e. K. (Germany)
Becker Travel Worldwide GMBH (Germany)
Tian-Tan Horizon S.A. (Switzerland & Liechtenstein)
Commonwealth Travel Service Corporation Pte Ltd (Singapore, Malaysia, Indonesia & Brunei)
Singa China Travel Service Pte Ltd (Singapore)
China Travel Service (H.K.) Ltd. (Vietnam)
G.M.Tour &Travel Co.,Ltd (Thailand)
IMPACT Exhibition Management Co., Ltd. (Thailand)
Notes: If visitors from other regions and countries want to book Shanghai Expo ticket in advance, you can contact those above appointed overseas agents by making a phone call, online service or email.