吴建中是最早一批与上海世博会结缘的智囊人物。还在2002年中国上海申博之际,吴建中便敏锐地意识到,世博会将是上海走向世界的一次空前的机遇和挑战。作为上海图书馆人,理应担负起这一重要责任。他首先在上海图书馆组织成立了上海世博信息中心,运用国内外图书馆网络资源搜索各类世博会信息,这些世博资料很快成为世博会筹办者们的权威参考。吴建中也被聘为世博会主题演绎顾问。 Wu Jianzhong was the first batch of think-tanks to be associated with the Shanghai World Expo. At the time of the 2002 China Shanghai Expo, Wu Jianzhong was keenly aware that the Expo will be an unprecedented opportunity and challenge for Shanghai to move toward the world. As a Shanghai library person, it should take up this important responsibility. He first organized and established the Shanghai World Expo Information Center at the Shanghai Library. He used domestic and foreign library network resources to search for information on various World Expos. These expo data quickly became the authoritative reference for the organizers of the World Expo. Wu Jianzhong was also hired as the theme deduction consultant for the Expo.