The Shanghai World Expo will stage more than 20,000 performances by Chinese and foreign artists during the 184-day event that starts May 1, an Expo spokesman said Monday.

Some 17,300 performances of 807 shows, selected from more than 10,000 candidate programs worldwide, have been included in the Expo's program, Hu Jingjun, deputy head of the Expo Bureau's coordination department, said when releasing an initial event listing.

The Expo Bureau expects the total number of performances to be more than 20,000 by the end of the expo, Hu said, meaning more than 100 performances on average will be given at the Expo park everyday.

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上海世博会5月、6月份文化演艺活动安排日前发布。其间的活动场次将超过2万场，全部免费向世博游客开放。

据上海世博会事务协调局副局长胡劲军介绍，经过从上万个节目中层层“海选”，目前已有来自海内外的807个节目“走进”世博园区的文化演艺活动编排表，总场次为17288场。

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据世博局官方最新数字，确认参展的192个国家和地区中，159个国家和地区申报了237个国家馆日文艺活动，为世博会历史最多。而沙特阿拉伯在近30年间从未参加世博的演出，但是今年上海世博会，沙特阿拉伯将30年来首次参演。