Visitors to China's national hall at the 2010 World Expo will probably be allowed in every 10 minutes in groups of 700 people, today's Oriental Morning Post reported.

The hall's manager is considering setting the visit intervals at 10 minutes because the multimedia film to be shown is seven minutes long.

Another three minutes are set aside to enter and exit the viewing area, the hall's manager told a delegates to the city's committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference during their visit to the hall yesterday.

That means the national hall will receive 4,200 visitors every hour.

Staff will start arranging the exhibits from next month, according to the manager.

The national hall has three major exhibition areas with a total area of 15,000 square meters. The rest of the China Pavilion will showcase Chinese provinces, cities and special administrative regions.

(Shanghai Daily October 22, 2009)