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Xi'an holds regional cooperation forum
By Shangguan Zhoudong (Chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2007-04-06 15:58
The 11th Investment and Trade Forum for Cooperation between East and West
China opened in Xi'an, West China's Shaanxi Province on April 6, 2007.
[Chinadaily.com.cn]
The 11th Investment and Trade Forum for Cooperation between East and West
China opened today in Xi'an, West China's Shaanxi Province. The five-day
forum is being held at Qujiang International Convention & Exhibition
Center from April 6 to 10.
The forum is jointly organized by 33 governmental departments including
the Leading Group for Western Region Development of the State Council,
the State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the General
Administration of Quality Supervision, Inspection and Quarantine and
China Council for the Promotion of International Trade.
With a theme of "cooperation, interaction, harmony and development", the
forum will focus on investment negotiation and trade.
There are 2,600 standard booths and a total outdoor exhibition area of
6,000 square meters at the center, six halls are available for
enterprises to show their products and projects, including China
Development Zones Hall, China Private Enterprise Hall and Famous Chinese
Brand Hall.
Fifty-four national development zones, 14 border economic cooperation
zones and 10 provincial development zones will show their projects and
favorable policies at the development zone hall.
A forum about the economic and technological zone will be held during the
event, officials with seven ministries including the Ministry of
Commerce, the Ministry of Finance and the Ministry of Land and Resources
will interpret policies on attracting foreign investment.
More than 150 known Chinese brands from 27 provinces including Jiangsu
Chunlan, Zhuhai Gree and local Xifeng wine and Yinqiao dairy will show
their products during the event.
To provide greater convenience for home and overseas investors,
organizers have put forward first batch of eight categories of 160
cooperative projects with a total investment of 50.77 billion yuan,
involving agricultural and sideline products processing, high-tech
industrialization, resources comprehensive utilization, urban
construction, traffic and environmental protection, modern service
industry, culture and tourism and property right transfer. These
projects, available both in national industrial policy and investment
trends and closely linked with advantages of resource and industry of
Shaanxi Province and China's "11th Five-Year Program", promise bright
market prospects.
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