China and Japan will co-host the fourth China International
Small and Medium Enterprises Fair (CISMEF) and Japan will
participate as the honor host, organizer has said.
The fourth CISMEF will be held in Guangzhou Convention and
Exhibition Center of China's southern Guangdong Province from Sept. 15 to Sept. 18,
said Liu Xiaojie, director of CISMEF's Promotion Office.
Japan has confirmed reservation of 1,000 booths at the fair and
about 500 Japanese companies will join the fair for trade talks,
Liu said.
Companies from more than 20 countries and regions, including the
United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Germany, have made
reservation for 750 booths.
About 50 Italian companies will take part in the fair and
Romania will send a delegation of 15 companies to the fair, Liu
said.
The exhibition site covers 100,000 square meters with 5,000
booths. Besides demonstrating products and technologies, the fair
will hold forums and training sessions for small and medium
enterprises (SMEs).
CISMEF serves as an annual event held by Chinese government from
2004 for deeper cooperation between overseas and domestic SMEs so
as to promote faster and better development.
France co-sponsored the second CISMEF and Italy co-sponsored the
third. Sino-Japan Small and Medium Enterprises Fair will be held at
the same time with the fourth CISMEF.
(Xinhua News Agency August 13, 2007)
