Shenyang to Build Large Equipment Manufacturing Base

This capital of northeast China 's Liaoning Province has determined to build its Tiexi District into a large state equipment manufacturing center, sources said.

Over 300 overseas investors Friday attended an international investment fair here to strike deals for transforming the district into such a center.

Covering 39.6 square kilometers, the district is located in the south of the city and has a population of 760,000. Tiexi is the industrial core of the city and is referred to as China's Ruhr, an industrial hub in Germany.

The five-day fair is expected to reach a contracted investment of US$100 million, according to sources.






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