Abbreviation | WEMUN Expo |
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Formation | 2007 |
Type | Profit |
Purpose | Education |
Headquarters | Beijing, China |
Location |
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Members | 1500 |
Official language | English, Chinese |
Website | http://www.welandedu.com/ |
WE Model United Nations Expo (WEMUN Expo) was established in 2007 and was one of the first high-school Model United Nations conferences in China. [1] It has become international with delegates from around 30 different countries and with over 1500 delegates, [2] and has now grown to become the largest Model UN conference in Asia. [3] [4] [5] The conference takes place at the Grand Epoch City Hotel in the outskirts of Beijing annually at the beginning of August. [6] The conference is unique as being the first MUN to unite twelve notable high-school and university level conferences, which are the following: [2] [4] [5]
WEMUN Expo has, since March 2010, collaborated with the Harvard International Relations Council to bring a chapter of the Harvard World Model United Nations to China. [7] The 2010 conference was held in Beijing and hosted 1000 delegates and 13 committees, [7] and the 2011 conference was held in Shanghai. [7]