Approximately 850 small and medium-sized firms from China and
the European Union (EU) are expected to hold 5,000 face-to-face
business talks during an investment and trade fair slated for Nov.
9-10 in Chengdu, capital of SW China's Sichuan Province.?
The organizing committee has received applications from 836
Chinese companies involved in agriculture, tourism, health care,
environmental protection, factory equipment, construction
equipment, information technology and electronics.
A team of Chinese and EU experts will select 500 qualified
Chinese companies and 400 EU companies to attend the fair, the
largest in the history of Sino-EU economic cooperation.
Despite recent trade disputes, China-EU trade exceeded US$200
billion last year and EU has become China's largest trade
partner.
The 2006 Sino-EU investment and trade fair will be at the joint
sponsorship of the European Commission, the China Council for the
Promotion of International Trade and the Sichuan provincial
government.
(Xinhua News Agency May 5, 2006)
