Abbreviation | WEMUN Expo |
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Formation | 2007 |
Type | Profit |
Purpose | Education |
Headquarters | Beijing, China |
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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 HMUN to bring a chapter of the Harvard Model UN Conference 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]