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"Haibao," the blue- colored mascot of Shanghai Expo 2010,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], landed in Atlanta,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Georgia of the United States Wednesday,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], concluding its year-long global adventure.
The adventure,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], dubbed Expedition 206,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], kicked off on December 30,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], 2009 in Madrid,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Spain,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], and was sponsored by soft-drink giant Coca- Cola. It brought the Expo mascot,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], along with three young people called "happiness ambassadors,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," to nearly 200 of the 206 countries and territories where Coca-Cola is sold.
Coca-Cola on Wednesday hosted a grand celebration at The World of Coca-Cola (WOCC), the company's museum near its global headquarters in Atlanta,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], joined by the company's brand ambassador Xiang Liu,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], one of China's most well-known athletes.
"This was a milestone expedition and a great opportunity to share the passion of my home city and my country," said Liu,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a Shanghai native, who will bring the most traveled Haibao back to Shanghai Expo Museum for permanent display.
"We are honored to escort Haibao ... back to its home in Shanghai where visitors to the Expo museum will continue to share moments of joy and happiness with our city,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," he added.
To pass on the happy memories collected from the global journey,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], Liu presented a giant-size replica of Haibao and a "Map for Happiness" for permanent display at WOCC.
Coca-Cola launched an on-line campaign where internet users were invited to virtually join Haibao in its journey. Netizens were able to exchange virtual stamps from all of the countries visited,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], with a record ten billion virtual stamps exchanged on- line during the campaign.
Two special guests from China attended the ceremony. One was the one millionth visitor to Coca-Cola's corporate pavilion at Shanghai Expo and the other was a participant of the on-line campaign who collected the largest number of exchanged virtual stamps.
The WOCC will also display contributions from the Coca-Cola Happiness Factory,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], the corporate pavilion at the Expo,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], which include the PlantBottle and Navy 111,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych], a chair made of 111 recycled PET bottles.
"It has been an amazing journey to tap into the passion and excitement of more than a billion netizens -- sharing the excitement of Expo and Haibao's global journey with the world,[link widoczny dla zalogowanych],[link widoczny dla zalogowanych]," he said.