Locations of the 6 Provinces in Central China  Shanxi  Henan  Hubei  Hunan  Anhui  Jiangxi  The total area covers 1,028,000 km 2 ， taking up 10.7% of China’s land.  The population amounts to 360 million, taking up 27.3% of the country’s total.

Foundation for Development and Strength of Central China  Geographic Location  Energy Resources  Industrial Foundation  Science and Technologies  Historic Culture and Resources

A Key Economic Post with Remarkable Locational Strength  A key economic post in Central China  Connecting east with west, south with north, with China’s east coastal area nearby  Conveniently located with suitable infrastructure  Large consumer market with big population  Big potential for development

Economic Conditions of the 6 Provinces in Central China  The GDP was about 1,300 billion USD in 2010, taking up 21% of the country’s total,  The total retail sales of consumer goods reached 472 billion USD in 2010, up by18% year on year,  The foreign capital actually utilized amounted to 27.1 billion USD in 2010,  The volume of imports and exports accounted for billion USD in 2010, up by 50% over the previous year.

Expo Central China  Full Name ： Expo for Investment & Trade in Central China, short named “Expo Central China”  Organized by ： 8 Ministries of the PRC, such as the Ministry of Commerce, and 6 Provincial Government  Main Purpose ： Promote investment and accelerate the development in central China  Holding Venue: 6 Provinces, hosting the expo by turn annually  Major Contents: With exhibition, discussion and conference giving rich information in various forms, the expo proved to be the most influential event for comprehensive investment and trade in central China.  Course of Development: Since 2006, the expo has been successfully held 5 times in Hunan, Henan, Hupei, Anhui and Jiangxi respectively. The 6 th one will be held in Taiyuan, Shanxi.

Review of the Previous Event  Renowned Enterprises Participated in the Expo Yi Wu, Former Vice Premier Qishan Wang, Vice Premier Robert A Mundell, Professor of Columbia University Goh Chok Tong, Ministor Mentor of Singapore

Introduction of the 6 th Expo Central China  Time ： Sept.26-28,2011  Hosting City ： Taiyuan Shanxi  Venue ： China (Taiyuan) Coal Trading Center  Theme ： Leap Forward by Transforming Development to Promote Central Rising

Leap Forward by Transforming Development to Promote Central Rising  3 Bases ： Base of grain production, base of energy and raw materials, base of modern equipment manufacturing and advanced technologies  1 hub: A comprehensive transportation hub in central China  National Pilot Zone for Overall Reform on Diverse Resource-based Economic Transformation

China (Taiyuan) Coal Trading Center

Area ： 156,000 m 2 East of the Yellow River and West of the Taihang Mountains Population: million 11 cities and 119 counties under its jurisdiction Area ： 156,000 m 2 East of the Yellow River and West of the Taihang Mountains Population: million 11 cities and 119 counties under its jurisdiction Shanxi

As the cradle of Chinese nations, Shanxi enjoys long history and a galaxy of culture. As the cradle of Chinese nations, Shanxi enjoys long history and a galaxy of culture.

World Culture Heritage Site: Pingyao Ancient City

World Culture Heritage Site: Wutai Mountains

World Culture Heritage Site: Yungang Grottos

Shanxi owns unique strength in abundant energy resources.  The national top-10 proven reserves: 30 types, such as coal, iron, bauxite and magnesium metal, etc.  The proven reserves of coal take up 1/4 of the country’s total.  The reserves of coal-bed methane account for 1/3 of the country’s total.  The reserves of bauxite amount to 1/3 of the country’s total.  The reserves, production and sales of magnesium metal rank 1 st in China.  The national top-10 proven reserves: 30 types, such as coal, iron, bauxite and magnesium metal, etc.  The proven reserves of coal take up 1/4 of the country’s total.  The reserves of coal-bed methane account for 1/3 of the country’s total.  The reserves of bauxite amount to 1/3 of the country’s total.  The reserves, production and sales of magnesium metal rank 1 st in China.

Shanxi owns an advantage in location as a key post in central China. By 2012, the mileage of expressways in Shanxi will reach 5,000 km and that of the operating railways 5,300 km. Taiyuan International Airport, as a trunk airport in China, connects major cities both at home and abroad.

Shanxi owns comparatively low factor cost. Shanxi enjoys sufficient supply of energy resources and raw materials for industrial development. The cost of factors for production is quite low, in terms of land, water, electricity, labor force, etc. with a large environmental capacity.

Shanxi owns preferential polices during the transforming development Shanxi is authorized as a pilot province of the polices and measures for sustainable development of coal industry, a pilot province of national cyclic economy and a pilot province of eco-construction, enjoying state’s preferential policies for promoting central rising, and some preferential policies for rejuvenating old industrial bases in northeast China and implementing the major development in west China.

Favorable Polices Favorable policies will be given for land use, fiscal support, tax preference, finance support ， easy examination and approval, etc.

Welcome to Shanxi

The organizing committee of the 6th Central China Investment and Trade Exposition (referred to as Expo Central China) held the press conference in Beijing on April 22nd. The conference declared that the 6th Expo Central China would be held on Sep in Taiyuan city of Shanxi province. The conference was hosted by Yao Jian, director of General Office ， spokesman of Ministry of Commerce. The standing deputy director-general of the organizing committee of the 6th Expo Central China, vice minister of Commerce, Wang Chao; vice director- general, secretary-general of the organizing committee, standing member of Shanxi Provincial Party Committee, vice governor of Shanxi province, Gao Jianmin respectively briefed the basic information and preparation work of the Expo and answered the questions. Themed with “Economic Transformation and Leap-forward Development” and “the Rise of Central China”, the 6th Expo Central China will send invitation to 13,000 distinguished guests in politics, industry and business at home and abroad and experts as well. By that time, these guests will attend such major events as opening ceremony, summit.

forum2011, symposium of representatives from six central China’s provinces and transnational companies and signing ceremony of major cooperation projects. There will be another 19 forums with special topics and promotion events based on the development orientation and industrial characteristics of central China. There are three features on this Expo. Firstly, it highlights the transformation of economic pattern. According to the general development objective of Regulation on Promoting the Rise of Central China, and the practical situation of central region, a series of events are planned for the Expo, based on the transformation of economic pattern, the idea of energy conservation and environment protection, low-carbon economy, new and high technology and modern service industry, which is aiming to exploit potentials of central region and realize the comprehensive, coordinated and sustainable development. Secondly, it attaches great importance to regional economy and emerging industries. The forums and other special events on the 6th Expo are designed to explore new

approaches for the development of regional economy, and to find new ideas to develop the emerging industries. These events mainly include Forum on Pilot Resource-dependent Economic Transformation Reform, Promotion on Key Industries in Poyang Lake Eco-Economic Zone, Promotion on Key Strategic Industries in Central Plain Economic Zone, Forum on Tourism Cooperation in Central China, Seminar on China's Cultural Creative Industry, Seminar on Emerging Industry Cooperation of Anhui Province and Promotion on Strategic Emerging Industries of Hunan Province. Thirdly, it pays more attention to the practical effects of the Expo, especially that of projects matching. Before convening the Expo, the six provinces have already carried out projects promotion at home and abroad, and opened up a project- matching system on internet. During the Expo, several special projects matching symposiums will be held and about 6500 project opportunities will be put forward by six central provinces.