Record numbers expected

GUANGZHOU: A record number of exhibitors will attend the city's fourth trade fair for small and medium enterprises (SMEs), its organizer said.

The event will involve 3,296 Chinese exhibitors and 1,800 from 27 countries and regions - a record number since it began in 2004, Lin Ying, secretary-general of the fair's organizing committee, said yesterday.

The fourth China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair will be held from Saturday to Tuesday, jointly sponsored by the Chinese and Japanese governments. The China-Japan Small and Medium Enterprises Fair will be held at the same time.