An international vegetable science and technology exposition, the
fourth of its kind, opened in Shouguang City in east China's
Shandong
Province Sunday.
The exposition was jointly sponsored by nine state institutions,
including the Ministry of Agriculture, the Ministry of Commerce,
the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade and the
Shandong provincial government.
The 18-day exposition has attracted 5,000 business-people from both
home and abroad, among which over 700 are from overseas.
A
variety of vegetables, fruits, edible mushrooms, related
agricultural technologies, intensive processing technologies,
pesticides, fertilizers and agricultural equipment will be on
display at the exposition.
(Xinhua News Agency April 22, 2003)