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Vice Premier Wang Qishan Presents the Fifth Central China Investment and Trade Expo in Nanchang
Festival Opening Ceremony

2010-10-12 CNTA

The Fifth Central China Investment and Trade Expo was unveiled in Nanchang city of Jiangxi province in the morning of September 26. Member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier Wang Qishan attended the Opening Ceremony and announced the kick-off of the event. Honorable guests presented at the Opening Ceremony include Mr. Zeng Yinquan，the Chief Executive of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region; Mr. Wang Yong, Director of the State-owned Assets Supervision and Administration Commission; Mr. Zhi Shuping, the Minister of General Administration of Quality Supervision，Inspection and Quarantine of the People’s Republic of China; Mr. Gao Hucheng, Vice Minister of Commerce and China International Trade Representative; Mr. Bi Jingquan, Deputy Secretary General of the State Council; Mr. Shao Qiwei, Chairman of China National Tourism Administration; Mr. Yuan Chunqing, Mr. Wang Sanyun, Mr. Li Hongzhong, Mr. Xu Shousheng, Mr. Li Ke, Leaders in the hosting province; and Mr. Jean-Pascal Tricoire（Zhao Guohua）, Global CEO of Schneider Electric Group, etc.

Central China Investment and Trade Expo, the annual event approved by the State Council and co-hosted by the Ministry of Commerce, State Administration of Taxation, State Administration for Industry and Commerce, the State Administration of Radio, Film and Television, China National Tourism Administration, China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, National Association of Industry and Commerce, China Federation of Industrial Economics, as well as the governments of six provinces (namely, Shanxi, Anhui, Jiangxi, Henan, Hubei, Hunan Provinces), has been successfully held in Changsha of Hunan Province, Zhengzhou of Henan Province, Wuhan of Hubei Province and Hefei of Anhui Province.

As guided by the Scientific Outlook on Development and themed with "Open, Cooperation, Win-win, Rise", the event is aimed to set up an ideal platform for both Chinese and overseas businesspeople to conduct multilateral communication and cooperation, so as to achieve mutual development and win-win success through a myriad of programs such as investment project exhibitions, project matchmaking fairs, special cooperation promotion seminar, and economic forums, etc. It is known that the event has attracted about 15,000 participants with record-breaking 8,404 investment projects of a total value up to 721.3 billion dollars as well as.