MORE than 600 million people visited the Shanghai World Expo website, said Tencent, which operated the site.

Tencent will continue to operate the website (www.expo.cn).

The website had 5 billion clicks during the 184-day event.

The Internet contributed significantly to the success of Expo 2010, according to Xu Wei, spokesperson for the Expo organizer. Xu added that the organizer is proud to say Expo 2010 will live forever in the cyber world.