BEIJING - As the Shanghai Expo draws to a close, China is already considering a bid for another and is confident of hosting the global showpiece again in 2025, a senior official said on Thursday.

Currently a number of Chinese cities, including Ningbo and Guangzhou, have offered themselves as potential hosts, said Wan Jifei, deputy director of the Shanghai Expo Organizing Committee and chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (CCPIT).

"We are hopeful that China will hold another World Expo, probably in 2025," Wan told China Daily. "I think Guangzhou is the best choice."