The organizing committee revealed that from 18 to 22 October in the twelfth

Western Fair, nearly ten thousand types of industrial investment projects will

be released, the investment sum will amount to hundreds of thousands yuan.

    Many heads of state have confirmed their attendance.

    "2011 is the first year of implementing the national “Twelfth Five Year”

plan, and the new round of western development. As the largest window and the

most important platform the western China region has opened, the Twelfth

International Western Fair will further highlight the characteristics of

internationalization, specialization and marketization, and strive to achieve

new breakthroughs in summit diplomacy, new results in investment promotion, and

new achievements in trade cooperation. "According to the organizing committee,

the twelfth Western Fair will persist in striving to improve the level of

internationalization and will hold the fourth Western China International

Cooperation Forum, 2011 Western China International Sourcing Fair, the sixth

EUChina Investment and Trade Fair, 2011 India-China CEO Forum, the eighth

international tourism and cultural promotion, the World Summit of Chinese

Entrepreneurs Association, International low-carbon eco-city, the Green

Building Summit Forum and many other international events.

    Among them, the United Nations Development Programme, United Nations Office

for Project Services Service will host the fourth Western China International

Cooperation Forum and 2011 Western China International Sourcing Fair

respectively. Currently, the World Trade Organization Director General Pascal

Lamy, former French Prime Minister Jean Pierre Raffarin, Helen Clark, UNDP

Administrator, United Nations Office for Project Services Director-General

Michael trustworthy, the President of the Republic of Iceland Olafur Ragnar

Grimsson have confirmed to attend the twelfth Western Fair.

    The number of participating companies will exceed 50,000

    Moreover, at the Twelfth Western Fair, the role of investment and trade

promotion platform will be highlighted.

    It is known that according to the national "twelfth five" plan, the key

industries of the new round development of in the western region, advantaged

industries of the western areas, the market demand, and to show the investment

environment of western provinces, nearly ten thousand of various industrial

investment projects will be published in this Western Fair, and the sum of

investment will amount to hundreds of thousands yuan. In addition, the

committee also revealed that, the Western Fair will also hold Western China

investment introduction, economic cooperation projects signing ceremony, the

western province, district, city theme activities and various releasing,

promotion and other activities and it will promote the Western international

cooperation projects to domestic and foreign enterprises, "It is expected that

over 50,000 enterprises from home and abroad will participate in the Twelfth

Western Fair."