一桥飞架东西 发展有通途——记第八届中国东西部合作与投资贸易洽谈会山西代表团

Acting as a Bridge Linking East and West China,as Well as a Conduit for National DevelopmentShanxi Delegation Scores Victory at the Eighth Investment and Trade Forum for Cooperation between East and West China

On a balmy April morning, the Eighth Investment and Trade Forum for Cooperation between East and West China opened in Xi’an, capital of Shaanxi Province. Shanxi---a neighbor, on the eastern bank of the Yellow River, having the historical responsibility of serving as a link between east and west China---attended the event with a list of promising projects and potential products for trade, hi-tech and tourism. Providing its most up-to-date economic development blueprint, Shanxi delegation has reenacted the glory of "Shanxi Merchants". Shanxi was one of the sponsors as well as one of the executive chairpersons of the forum. Shanxi delegation signed 109 projects (46 contracts and 63 agreements) worth 33.934 billion yuan, among which, 17.646 billion for contractual projects (including foreign investments valued at 2.245 billion yuan and 12.922 billion from domestic cooperators); and 16.288 billion for agreed projects (including foreign capitals with a convertible value of 1.787 billion yuan and 13.884 billion as domestic investment).