The three media centers inside the Expo site will go into service on April 27, providing facilities for over 100,000 print, TV and radio journalists from around the world. More than 13,000 journalists, including 3,500 from overseas media, have applied to cover the Expo. The Expo organizer expects more than 20,000 journalists from both home and abroad to come to the Expo site to cover the 184-day event.

Source: Shanghai Daily - 08/04/2010