Ben shu shi zuo zhe duo nian lai dui yi bai duo nian lai Zhong wai bo lan hui fa zhan li shi de yan jiu cheng guo. Zuo zhe xi tu tong guo dui Zhongguo de bo lan hui shi ye de xing shuai qi fu, jian nan fa zhan de guo cheng he yan bian ji ge shi qi de shi li jin xing quan mian shu li, fen xi he chan shu, shen ke fan ying le Zhongguo bai nian de she hui bian qian.
本书是作者多年来对一百多年来中外博览会发展历史的研究成果. 作者希图通过对中国的博览会事业的兴衰起伏, 艰难发展的过程和演变及各时期的实例进行全面梳理, 分析和阐述, 深刻反映了中国百年的社会变迁.