MILAN, April 30 (Xinhua) -- Shanghai Expo is a model for Milan Expo 2015, because it displays the innovation capacity of a country, Milan mayor Letizia Moratti told Xinhua in an interview on Friday.

"Shanghai Expo will be a monumental exposition, with many magnificent buildings created by architects from all over the world," she said.

"We have many things to learn from China's ability to quickly innovate, open to the world and adopt the best technologies," she said while extending her warm congratulations to the opening of Shanghai Expo.

As Milan mayor and Special Representative of the Italian government for the Milan Expo 2015, Moratti will go to Shanghai twice for the Expo.

"Milan Expo 2015 will look very different from the one of Shanghai, because it's beauty will be more related to nature than to buildings. Therefore the two cities can exchange complementary and interesting experiences," she stressed.