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China opened its first trading and  exhibition center for modern farming in Tianjin Monday.
 
   The center, which covers 10 hectares on Zhujiang Road in the  Hexi District of Tianjin, north China, was built for the transfer and exhibition of agricultural products, farming technology and machinery and equipment.
 
   The center, known as the Green Supermarket, is sponsored by the China Agricultural University and the China Institute of  Agricultural Engineering in cooperation with several other  companies specializing in farming machinery.  
 
   The center is also the venue for the ongoing Second National  Trade Fair for New and Hi-Tech Agricultural Achievements and  Products.     
 
(Xinhua 05/29/2001)
 
 
                   
 
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