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CIFIT and WIF in Xiamen

By Song Jingli and Zhaotingting (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2010-09-09 15:33

Xi raises 'key' to economic growth   

China's premier investment fair opened on Wednesday, with Chinese Vice-President Xi Jinping raising a symbolic "golden key" to open the exhibition hall in this coastal city. [Full Story]

Vice-President Xi Jinping attends the opening of the 14th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) in Xiamen, Fujian province, on Wednesday. [Zhang Wei / China Daily]

Taiwan opens a well-designed pavilion at the venue for the 14th CIFIT in Xiamen. Wang jing / China Daily

This year's Cross-Straits Tourism "1+1" fair offers opportunities for Taiwan, Hong Kong, Macao and some mainland cities to establish travel ties with SFujian province. [Full Story]

US companies set to invest at least $2 billion

Members of the American Chamber of Commerce in South China (AmCham South China) are likely to invest at least $2 billion through the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT), which opened on Wednesday. [Full Story]

State companies invest billions in Fujian

East China's Fujian province has emerged as a hot destination for several giant State companies, despite the financial crisis, attracting investments worth billions of yuan. [Full Story]

Quanzhou attracts investments with high quality service

Cities wanting to attract investments will need more than just favorable tax and land policies, with improvements of industrial clusters and the establishment of supporting public services, said Quanzhou Party Secretary Xu Gang. [Full Story]

Fujian's finest entrepreneurs debate for future

How entrepreneurs from Fujian should react to the aftermath of the recent global economic crisis was heatedly discussed at the 2010 Fujian Business Top 100 Forum that began in Xiamen on Wednesday. [Full Story]

Geely-Volvo deal a win-win

Eddie Chen (second right), vice-president and chief representative for Greater China, Invest Sweden, talks with his clients in the exhibition hall of the China International Fair for Investment and Trade in Xiamen. [Hu Meidong / China Daily]

Chinese companies should not simply be onlookers but need to scan the Geely-Volvo deal as a prime example of Chinese enterprises going overseas and becoming globalized, a senior official of Invest Sweden said on the sidelines of the 14th China International Fair for Investment & Trade (CIFIT). [Full Story]

New industrial town to give economic boost

As a cradle of China's heavy industry, Shenyang is planning to build a new industrial town that offers a buttress for various industries. [Full Story]

Responsibility a must for firms

Governments throughout the world should enhance cooperation to enhance the flow of global investment, Tata Steel Vice-Chairman B Muthuraman said during the World Investment Forum. [Full Story]

New rail link to aid export of resources

A new high-speed railway will provide a faster channel of export for Midwest China's resource-rich hinterland and significantly reduce the transportation cost along the way. [Full Story]

Billionaires ready to lay down bucks

A number of Chinese billionaires from East China's Zhejiang province showed an interest in investing in Xiamen when they gathered on Wednesday, the opening day of the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT). [Full Story]

A grand day at the gala

A boy stands for a photo in front of a row of flags.  Wang Jing / [China Daily]

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Trade fair a platform to launch investments

This week's China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) is giving Fuzhou another great opportunity to secure more industrial projects for the city and its province.

Yang Yiming, the city's deputy mayor, said this was the experience after previous fairs held last year and in 2008 played vital roles in the signing and landing of projects. [Full Story]

Xi Jinping opens 14th CIFIT

Chinese Vice President Xi Jinping helped open the 14th China International Fair for Investment and Trade, or CIFIT, with a huge golden key in Xiamen, Fujian province on Wednesday morning.

Hosted by the Chinese Minister of Commerce Chen Deming, hundreds of guests, including dozens of world leaders, ministers and corporate executives, witnessed the moment. [Full Story]

Annual event spruces up city streets - and behavior

Xiamen resident Zheng caught a bus an hour earlier than usual on Tuesday, thinking that due to traffic restrictions, the journey would take longer.

His car was banned for the day because of the restrictions, which city authorities have imposed from Sept 6 to 9, to cope with increased traffic during annual China International Fair for Investment & Trade (CIFIT).

Under the restrictions, private vehicles with even- and odd-numbered license plates would be allowed only on alternate days. [Full Story]

Lien makes appeal to 'Join hands, Go global'

The honorary chairman of the Chinese Kuomintang Party, Lien Chan, has written an inscription "Join hands, Go global" for the Taiwan Pavilion of the second China International Fair for Investment in Property (CIFIP) which is to open on Sept 9 in Xiamen, East China's Fujian province. [Full Story]

Wal-Mart sells concepts of sustainability

The exhibition area of Wal-Mart China showcases its low-carbon concept in the exhibition center of the 14th China International Fair for Investment and Trade in Xiamen. [Provided to China Daily]

Wal-Mart is to establish a 300-sq-m exhibition area at the China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) to showcase its experience and practices in sustainable development, energy conservation and environmental protection.

This is the first time that Wal-Mart is focusing much on CIFIT, which opens on Wednesday. [Full Story]

Exclusive interview with Pascal Lamy

Pascal Lamy, director-general of the World Trade Organizaiton (WTO), spoke in an exclusive interview with China Daily during the second World Investment Forum, which opened on Tuesday in Xiamen, Fujian province. [Full Story]

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