This blue curly hair looks like the waves of the sea.Its smile is a sign of the healthy spirit of China.The thumbs-up (翘拇指) will welcome millions of people to Shanghai form around the world.
It’s Haibao,the mascot of the 2010 Shanghai World Expo.“it’s very cute,” said Gu Hui,a school kid.“I want a big toy like the mascot.”
Haibao looks like the Chinese character “人”,which means people or a person.The name comes from the Chinese phrases “Si Hai Zhi Bao” – the treasure of four seas.Haibao also means the treasure of Shanghai,which lies beside the sea.
Haibao was made by two artists.The design is about people living together in the city.The designers want it to fit in with the theme of the Shanghai World Expo:Better City,Better Life.