Big Orders at Harbin Trade FairThe 11th China Harbin Economic and Trade Fair closed Wednesday in this capital city of Heilongjiang Province, northeast China, posting a trading volume of US$5.7 billion-worth, surging more than 20 percent compared with last year's event.Wang Zhenchuan, deputy governor of Heilongjiang, said that since the annual Harbin Trade Fair started ten years ago, it has become a major event, serving as a trading link between China and the Commonwealth of Independent States, the European Union and the United States. The seven-day fair this year attracted over 5,000 businesspeople from 50 countries and regions, including Russia, Ukraine, Japan, the Republic of Korea, the United States, the United Kingdom and South Africa. |
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