On the afternoon of May 31, 2023, vice chairman of the China Disabled Persons' Federation, president of the China Disabled Volunteers Association Lu Shiming and representatives of barrier-free environment construction experts visited World Expo Museum to investigate the barrier-free environment construction of the museum. General branch secretary, curator of World Expo Museum Liu Wentao, Deputy Director Yu Zhenyu and staff from relevant departments attended the reception and introduced relevant information.

　　Lu Shiming (left), Liu Wentao (right)

　　The leaders and experts of the Disabled Persons' Federation observed the exhibition on disability inclusion through the eye of children and youth with the theme of " Inclusion For A Shared Future ","Van Gogh Alive" light and shadow exhibition and permanent exhibition. The exhibition is co-hosted by UNICEF China Office, China Volunteer Association for Helping the Disabled, China Association for the Promotion of Press and Publicity for the Cause of the Disabled and Shanghai World Expo Museum.

　　group photo

　　During the Expo 2010 Shanghai, there was a special pavilion - Life and Sunshine Pavilion, which was the first pavilion for the disabled in the history of the World Expo. The then UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon sent a congratulatory letter, saying that the Life and Sunshine Pavilion was "It is of great significance to set a precedent in the history of the World Expo". This exhibition continued to write the story of the Expo, further spread the new concept of "disability integration", and expressed the best wishes of all walks of life for the disabled to integrate into society and share a new life.

　　exhibition visit

　　The World Expo Museum has incorporated the barrier-free concept into the overall design since the preparatory period, and carried out a series of barrier-free tours and barrier-free education activities with demonstrative effects based on theoretical research and scientific and technological innovation in combination with on-site reality during the opening operation stage , to build a new form of compatible and friendly barrier-free museums from the three aspects of environment barrier-free, information barrier-free and attitude barrier-free.

　　Zhang Ke, initiator of the World Expo Museum Barrier Free Project

　　introducing Museum Accessibility Apps to Lu Shiming

　　Lu Shiming said that the Expo 2010 Shanghai was a grand event attracting worldwide attention, and the Sunshine Life Pavilion was a milestone in the history of the World Expo. The World Expo Museum inherits the excellent tradition of the Shanghai World Expo, combines the concept of barrier-free innovation, and will become the representative and business card of the barrier-free environment construction of China's cultural and expo industry in the future.