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Xi'an hosts Chongqing-Shaanxi enterprise cooperation exhibition
By Zhang Xiao (China Daily Chongqing Bureau)
Updated: 2009-08-24 17:58

Over 160 enterprises from both Chongqing and Shanxi will be looking for chances to sign cooperation agreements in the following days as the Chongqing government kicked off a Chongqing-Shanxi enterprise cooperation exhibition in Xi'an on August 21.

On the first day alone, signed business contracts amounted to approximately 20 billon yuan.

Vice secretary-general Liao Qingxuan introduced cooperation aspects at the opening ceremony on behalf of both the Chongqing and Shanxi governments.

Thirteen areas were mentioned: light-industry, automobile, motorcycle, machinery equipment, spare parts, instrumentation, metallurgy, building material, food, clothing, light industrial products, arts and crafts and the cartoon industry.

The exhibition is part of the the western economy triangle (Sichuan, Chongqin, Shanxi) project and has been successfully held six times annually, Liao said.