China and Japan will co-host the fourth China International Small and Medium Enterprises Fair (CISMEF) and Japan will participate as the honor host, organizer has said.

The fourth CISMEF will be held in Guangzhou Convention and Exhibition Center of China's southern Guangdong Province from Sept. 15 to Sept. 18, said Liu Xiaojie, director of CISMEF's Promotion Office.

Japan has confirmed reservation of 1,000 booths at the fair and about 500 Japanese companies will join the fair for trade talks, Liu said.

Companies from more than 20 countries and regions, including the United States, the Republic of Korea (ROK) and Germany, have made reservation for 750 booths.

About 50 Italian companies will take part in the fair and Romania will send a delegation of 15 companies to the fair, Liu said.

The exhibition site covers 100,000 square meters with 5,000 booths. Besides demonstrating products and technologies, the fair will hold forums and training sessions for small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

CISMEF serves as an annual event held by Chinese government from 2004 for deeper cooperation between overseas and domestic SMEs so as to promote faster and better development.

France co-sponsored the second CISMEF and Italy co-sponsored the third. Sino-Japan Small and Medium Enterprises Fair will be held at the same time with the fourth CISMEF.

(Xinhua News Agency August 13, 2007)