On October 24, the 15th Western China International Fair and the 7th Western China International Cooperation Forum was opened in Chengdu, Sichuan. Vice Premier Ma Kai presided the opening ceremony with foreign guests and made a keynote speech titled “Furthering Reform and Innovation and Quicken the Transformation and Development".

CR Participates in the exhibition at the fair. CR’s booth, located in International Cooperation Hall of the Exhibition Center, comprehensively displayed the overall situation of the Group, businesses of all its SBUs and CR's investment projects in Sichuan in the forms of text, graphics and video. The elaborate models vivid depict the Hope Towns and Hezhou Circular Economy Industrial Demonstration Zone, attracting many visitors.

The fair was sponsored by 16 ministries and departments of the State Council and 12 provinces (autonomous regions and municipalities directly under the governance of the State Council) and XPCC. So far 14 sessions has been held. During this session held under the theme of “Reform guides development and innovation leads to the future", 76 events for promoting investment and trade will be launched, involving 8981 enterprises from 76 countries around the world, with over 60,000 guests and merchants expected to be present.