The China Pavilion at the 2025 World Expo in Osaka, Japan, opened recently as the expo began welcoming visitors for its monthslong run. This year’s expo, themed “Designing Future Society for Our Lives”, is drawing participation from 158 countries and regions and seven international organizations.

Ren Hongbin, chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said the China Pavilion offers a good illustration of the theme, incorporating three major elements of Chinese culture — bamboo, Chinese characters, and scrolls. Speaking at the pavilion’s opening, Ren said the Chinese exhibition follows a narrative structure of “past-present-future”, allowing visitors to experience ancient Chinese philosophies of harmony between humanity and nature, appreciate the beauty of modern China with its clear waters and green mountains, and envision a future society where people and nature coexist in harmony.