Zhejiang Trade Fair OpensThe 2000 Zhejiang Investment and Trade Fair opened in Ningbo City on June 8.It has attracted 3,000 overseas businessmen with more than 2, 000 projects requiring a total investment of US$4 billion. Some 110 of the 2,000 projects are provincial-listed deals in the fields of infrastructure, machinery, electronics, chemistry and agriculture. Nearly three-fourths of the participants, or 2,700, came from the United States, Japan and Germany, among other countries. High- tech traders and Taiwan-funded firms also accounted for a large proportion. Seminars on development of non-government enterprises, high- tech development and E-commerce were scheduled. So far, Zhejiang Province has used US$10 billion of foreign funds. Its import and export value totaled US$18.3 billion last year, accounting for 30 percent of its total annual gross domestic product. |
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