国内英语新闻:Shanghai Expo providing platform for business success

A Fujian-based tea company, Eight House Tea, launched six types of tea for the event, which were available in the Expo Garden.

"One of our products on sale in the United Nations Pavilion, Red of Forbidden City, proved to be a hit among foreigners," said Lin Xirong, general manager.

The company hosted a trade fair on May 18 in Shanghai, where it secured 30 million yuan in orders in three days, Lin said.

"Telephone inquiries continued to pour in after the Expo started," he added, "We primarily export to Japan and Southeast Asia and the event stretched our exports to Europe."

According to statistics from the Chinese search engine Baidu, more than 50 of the 58 Expo partners and official sponsors experienced a significantly increase in their daily search volumes compared to last year.