China investment, trade fair opens

Thousands of business leaders and investors gathered at the opening of the 20th China International Fair for Investment and Trade on Saturday.
The three-day event has been organised at the Xiamen International Conference and Exhibition Centre here.
The Fujian provincial government, the Xiamen municipal government and the Investment Promotion Bureau of Chinese commerce ministry co-hosted it.
More than 800 industry and commerce groups and 4,000 companies from 110 countries and regions are participating in the fair with 100,000 merchants.
According to the organising committee, some 100 seminars and conference,
press meets and exchange meetings will be held in the exposition.
A seminar titled 'Bangladesh Investment Environment Briefing' will be held on Monday at the fair venue.
Bangladesh officials and experts, including Bangladesh Investment Development Authority executive chairman Kazi M Aminul Islam, are here to attend the seminar.
In a letter read out at opening ceremony, Chinese President Xi Jin Ping said the fair will be beneficial to China and the rest of the world.
"China's door will open wider and wider and hope that the CIFIT will promote two-way investment that can build a strong international and professional brand inter-platform…," he said.
Mr Xi said, "It will play a positive role in… building an open world economy."
This is an annual global investment promotion event of the largest scale and widest influence.
The platform connects businessmen all over the world, where participants exchange views and information in the field of business and trade.
The fair comprises an investment and trade exhibition, forum discussion and policy release and investment project connection.
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