On July 17, 2009 TAITRA reached an agreement with the Shanghai World Expo. Among all participating nations, it was the last one to do so. It then immediately invited several famous architects in Taiwan to submit architectural drawings for a pavilion design competition. Ultimately C. Y. Lee, the renowned architect of Taipei 101 and the Pangu Plaza residential skyscraper in Beijing, was chosen.
2009 年 7 月 17 日，貿協與上海世博局簽約確認參展、成為所有國家中「最後一個」加入者，並立即在最短時間內邀集國內數位知名建築師投件競圖，最後由設計台北 101 大樓、並以北京「盤古大觀」豪宅在中國享有高知名度的建築師李祖原勝出。