The 7th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) opened in Xiamen of Fujian Province, east China, on Monday morning.

It's the first large-scale international investment activity in the country since the outbreak of severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) epidemic in April. The 4-day annual investment promotion activity was sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce and organized by the Fujian provincial government.

Vice-Premier Wu Yi attended the opening ceremony, at which someother high ranking officials, including Tung Chee-hua, Hong Kong'sChief Executive, and Edmund Ho Hau Wah, Macao's Chief Executive, were also present.

Over 240 overseas delegations representing international organizations, foreign governments, multinationals, business associations and investment intermediate agencies have registered for the fair. Delegations of enterprises and government departments from the 31 provinces, autonomous regions and municipalities on the Chinese mainland also attend the fair.
 
(Xinhua News Agency September 8, 2003)