Experts and officials met on Monday, September 7 at Xiamen in Fujian Province, to discuss the construction of an economic zone on the west bank of the Taiwan Strait, at a forum topic dedicated to the Expo 2010. The economic zone is centered on Fujian and facing Taiwan across the Straits, and would include a series of coastal cities such as Shantou and Meizhou of Guangdong Province, and Fuzhou, and Ganzhou in Jiangxi Province . Indeed, cities like Fuzhou, capital of Fujian Province, where a dizzying number of new residential buildings are under construction, reflects the rapid development of China. This landscape of cranes and alluring real estate billboards is typical of dozens of booming cities across the country, where growth and rising living standards are fueling the demand for electricity for example. Yan Junqi, Vice President of the Standing Committee of the 11th National People's Congress, Zhou Hanmin, deputy director of the Executive Committee of the Shanghai World Expo 2010, Zengtian Su, vice governor of Fujian Province and acting mayor of city of Fuzhou, Dimitri Piskounov, Deputy Director General of the United Nations Industrial Development Organization, Cao Yushu, deputy director of Macroeconomic Information Network of China, delivered a speech and participated in the forum. Zhou Hanmin also discussed details of the recruitment of volunteers as well as interactive development between the Shanghai Expo and the economic zone. During his inspection visit to Fujian province in May, Premier Wen Jiabao noted that such an economic zone could build peaceful relations across the Taiwan Strait to forge stronger economic cooperation to promote the benefits and mutual development. It could also help meet the challenges of the global economic crisis. The coastal area also contribute to the start of a new growth engine in China by taking advantage of Fujian's comparative advantages and help with the development plan in the long run the country. Zhou Hanmin, deputy director of the Executive Committee of the Shanghai World Expo 2010, took the opportunity to offer a model of the Chinese pavilion at Zengtian Su, vice governor of Fujian Province and acting mayor of the city Fuzhou.
Tags: 2010 shanghai , expo 2010
Tags: Expo2010 , Fujian , economic zone
