The Shanghai Expo Mart (Chinese: 上海世博会展中心; pinyin: Shànghǎi shìbóhuì zhǎn zhōngxīn; Shanghainese: Zånhe sypohwe zaen tsonshin), formerly the Africa Joint Pavilion (Chinese: 非洲聯合館), is an exhibition hall near the Huangpu River in Shanghai, China.
The hall was originally constructed for Expo 2010 and consists of 21,000 square metres (230,000 sq ft) of indoor area and 3,600 square metres (39,000 sq ft) of outdoor space.
[1] It was built as a collaboration with Chinese and African people,[2] and was completed in September 2009.
[3] The pavilion had a large, abstract mural of trees painted on the side of the building.
[3] The mural was nearing completion on June 11, 2009, and was shown on the building during the expo.