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Investment fair

The 5th China Longyan Investment Project Dialogue conference, which opens today at Longyan in Fujian province, is expected to draw about 3,000 people and see agreements signed on projects with a combined investment of as much as 11.024 billion yuan, according to Zhang Siliang, vice-mayor of Longyan city.

Major projects will span sectors including machinery, electronics, textile and agricultural products. Longyan ranks the fourth in Fujian province in fiscal revenue. The city's GDP increased by 15.5 percent to 46.78 billion yuan in the first nine months of this year.