Some of public facilities currently on show at the Expo 2010 site in Shanghai will be moved to other prominent places in the city after the six-month event ends in October.

Among the pieces that will be restored as permanent fixtures elsewhere include the 112 drinking water fountains, mist sprayers and 10,000 mobile toilets that have won praise from visitors.

Some other facilities will be auctioned, including the more than 110,000 stone benches around the site, each of which has an image of Haibao, the official mascot, on it.

Bicycles at the Denmark Pavilion and the rattan covering the Spain Pavilion are also expected to be on the donation list.

The news was announced as the Expo reached its 108th day of operation.

Some 420,000 people entered the Expo site by 7pm during the day (17 August), with 112,000 arriving in tour groups and 51,922 were local residents with complimentary tickets offered by the Shanghai government.

A total of 75,574 tickets were sold at the gates, 29,462 of them for evening visit.

Image: The Spanish pavillion at the Expo