The 8th "China Beijing International Science & Technological Industry Fair" is going to be held from May 23 - 27, 2005 in Beijing. Lasting for 5 days the sci-tech fair, by series of activities of exhibition, forum and seminar on special topics as well as sci-tech trade talks, will display and bring forth the latest sci-tech results of China and of the world today so as to show off the economic development in China and the huge business opportunities brought about by the sci-tech cooperation and the Olympic construction to the whole world.

And in the meantime of encounter it is to harvest the latest conception and ideas from a time of new economy and sci-tech industries on the front lines in order to promote the regional and international cooperation of the hi-tech industry.

The sci-tech fair is to make an arrangement of hi-tech and industrialization exhibitions, promotion and trade talks of sci-tech items, forum and special seminars, a total of over 40 thematic topics and some 100 activities.

At present, all preparatory activities are being intensely carried out. The booth reservation for the exhibition has been brought to an end in advance. Those sci-tech and industrial and business delegations and groups specially coming to Beijing for the sci-tech fair have already come up to 38 in number and they are respectively from over 20 countries and regions of Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and most of them are the business delegations headed by governments and industry and business associations.

(People's Daily April 27, 2005)