The second Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo, one of the
region’s largest, convened on Saturday morning in Changchun,
capital of northeast China’s
Jilin Province.
The five-day event is jointly sponsored by the Ministry of
Commerce, The State Council’s Office for the Northeast’s Industrial
Revival and the People’s Government of Jilin Province, aiming to
form a platform promoting interchange and common development of
north Asian countries.
?
Wang Fuyi, vice-director of its executive council, revealed on
Friday afternoon that over 40,000 businesspeople, 6,100 from
foreign countries, will attend the fair.
The fair focuses on commodity trade, investment talks and
economic cooperation, and hosts high-level forums and
conferences.
“We set up 9 indoor exhibition halls --specialized in equipment
manufacturing, high-tech, building material and chemical, food,
medicine and nourishment, textile and sports products, and service
trade-- and one outdoor exhibition section. Among the total 2,200
exhibition stalls, 827 are rented by foreign businesspeople from 36
countries and regions.”
Jilin Province adjoins Russia to the east, the Democratic
People’s Republic of Korea in the south and keeps active trade ties
with Japan, the Republic of Korea and Mongolia.
Thus, businesspeople from the five neighboring nations are the
most active group at the fair. According to Wang, 3,317 of the
6,100 foreign participants and 73 of 116 visiting foreign business
delegations are from these regions. Meanwhile, 5 separate business
days will be arranged to promote bilateral economic cooperation
during the period.
Figures from the local statistics bureau show that the
province’s gross domestic product (GDP) reached 361.492 billion
yuan (US$45.44 billion) last year. It made use of foreign capital
amounting US$1.151 billion and its annual foreign trade value hit
US$6.528 billion.
(China.org.cn by staff reporter Tang Fuchun September 2,
2006)
