Trade Fair on Cooperation of Rural Enterprise Between Eastern and Western China

Trade Fair on Cooperation of Rural Enterprises

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The 2001 Economic and Trade Fair on Cooperation of Rural Enterprise between Eastern and Western China opened Monday in this capital of northwest China's Gansu Province.

During the three-day fair, more than 5,000 business people from domestic enterprises and overseas companies will display thousands of products like machinery, textiles, garments, household electronic appliances, medicine and foodstuff.

Gansu will offer over 150 investment high-tech and agriculture projects, said a local economic official, the province is expected to sign 200 cooperation contracts with an investment of 4 billion yuan.

The fair, organized by the Ministry of Agriculture and Gansu, aims at speeding up the development of rural enterprise in western China.