The 1910 Nanyang industrial exposition (南洋勸業會) or more internationally known as the 1910 Nanking Exposition was the official
world's fair held in
Nanking,
Qing
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China
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on June 5, 1910.
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Name
The reason the
Chinese
Chinese can refer to:
* Something related to China
* Chinese people, people of Chinese nationality, citizenship, and/or ethnicity
**''Zhonghua minzu'', the supra-ethnic concept of the Chinese nation
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name of the fair does not refer to
Nanking directly, despite the event being held in Nanking, was because of the concept of
Viceroy of Liangjiang. At the time the
Qing dynasty official
Duan Fang
Duanfang (; 20 April 1861 – 27 November 1911), courtesy name Wuqiao (), was a Manchu politician, educator and collector who lived in the late Qing dynasty. He was a member of the Tohoro () clan and the Plain White Banner of the Eight Banners.
...
() had the title of
Nanyang
Nanyang is the romanization of two common Chinese place names. It may refer to:
Written as 南洋 (Southern Ocean)
* Nanyang (region), a Chinese term denoting the Southeast Asian lands surrounding the South China Sea
;China
* Nanyang Fleet, Qing ...
chancellor () as well as governing the areas including
Jiangsu,
Jiangxi and
Anhui.
Nanking belongs to Jiangsu geographically, but the fair was a "Nanyang region exposition" hence the name. The Nanking area where the event was held was
Jiangning District.
Organization
On December 15, 1908, Governor-General Tuan Fang of the Liang-Jiang Province and Governor Chen Qitai of Jiangsu Province submitted a petition to the Qing Court proposing that China host an international exposition. It was an official fair backed by the
Qing government.
A site of about 41 acres near San Pai Lou was established for the exhibition. Along a main axis road were several exhibit buildings including the Administration Building, Fine Arts Building, Agriculture Building, Transportation Building, Foreign Exhibits Buildings, and then several buildings for the Chinese Provinces. Exhibits came from all over China as well as Japan, Java, the United States, France, Great Britain, and Germany.
See also
*
History of Shanghai expo
References
{{List of world's fairs of East Asia
World's fairs in China
History of Nanjing
1910 in China
1910 festivals