BIZCHINA / Center
Grand trade show begins in Harbin
By Zhao Bian (China Daily)
Updated: 2007-06-15 12:49
Business people from home and abroad are ready to attend the 18th Harbin
Fair. [Tu Lei/chinadaily.com.cn]
Expanded exhibition scale, cooperation with neighboring countries,
revitalization of traditional industrial bases in Northeast China and
other economic and cultural activities will be the highlights of this
year's 18th China Harbin Fair for Trade and Economic Cooperation (Harbin
Fair).
The fair, being held from today until June 19 at the Harbin International
Conference, Exhibition and Sports Center in Harbin, capital of Northeast
China's Heilongjiang Province, is drawing intense attention from
visitors, and domestic and overseas exhibitors.
Organizing committee sources said the fair covers an area of 76,000 sq m
and features 2,000 international exhibition booths.
In terms of exhibition scale, some professional pavilions will be set up
to cover sectors such as organic food, the hi-tech industry, machinery
and electricity, furniture and building materials, and pharmaceuticals
sectors, as well as the chemical, light, textile, garment and culture
industries.
There will also be pavilions for foreign countries and China's Hong Kong
and Macao special administrative regions, and Taiwan Province.
Jointly sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce, the State Council's office
for the revitalization of Northeast China and the China Council for the
Promotion of International Trade, the governments of Heilongjiang
Province and East China's Zhejiang Province and Harbin, this year's fair
will be a more internationalized event.
Internationalized event
A total of 12 international governmental and business organizations from
seven countries and regions, including Russia, Japan, the United Nations
Industry Development Organization and the United Nations Development and
Planning Organization, as well as the Hong Kong SAR government, are also
jointly organizing the fair, helping it gain increased global attention.
Further, there will be many World Top 500 multinational corporations,
professional purchasers and top domestic and overseas enterprises
attending the event.
About 11,000 overseas business representatives from 80 countries and
regions and 110,000 domestic representatives are expected to participate
in the fair.
Such a strong presence of foreign entities shows how Harbin Fair has been
upgraded from a national event to an international expo, which will
further intensify its influence both at home and abroad, making
coordination among related organizations much smoother and more powerful,
the organizing committee said.
As the Harbin Fair adheres to the principle of viewing Russia, CIS
(Commonwealth of Independent States) nations and East European countries
as its main partners, this year's event will help to further promote
business and trade ties with them.
Furthermore, fair organizers have also paid attention to inviting
businesses from Japan, the Republic of Korea and Mongolia, as well as
from countries in Southeast Asia, the European Union, North America and
Oceania.
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