Haibao (simplified Chinese:海宝;traditional Chinese:海寶), meaning "jewel of the sea", is themascot ofExpo 2010, which was held in the city ofShanghai,China from May 1 to October 31, 2010.
"Hai (海)" means thesea in Chinese inscribed from the name of the host city, and "Bao (宝,寶)" means thetreasure. Its figure is in the shape of theChinese character "Ren (人)" (meaninghuman). Haibao was produced byTaiwanesedesigner Wu Yong-jian and adopted as the official mascot of the World Expo on December 18, 2007. He was selected out of 26,655 entries as part of an international competition.
It is sometimes pointed out that Haibao resemblesGumby, the greenclayhumanoid figure shown on American television from the 1950s–'60s.[1][2] The expo's secretariat said that it is an original design and they had never heard of Gumby.[3][4]
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