You won't miss anything of the upcoming Shanghai World Expo by going online at www.expo.cn, which will begin operation at 11pm Friday, 10 hours before the official opening ceremony on May 1.

The website, which is called "an innovation of the World Expo" by Zhu Yonglei, the vice minister of the Shanghai World Expo Bureau, will feed people's curiosity by showing not only the exterior but also the interior features of each pavilion.

People don't have to queue up to visit the online Expo, but they do have to sign up for an account before logging in.