Businessmen have signed 132 international cooperation projects involving investment of US$5.845 billion by the press time at the ongoing Third China- ASEAN Expo, up 10.47 percent from the figures of last year's Expo.

The statistics was released by the Expo's Organizing Committee on Thursday.

Participants of the Third China-ASEAN Expo also endorsed 301 domestic cooperation projects involving 55.374 billion yuan (US$6.9 billion) of investment, up 10.36 percent from the figure of last year.

The Third China-ASEAN Expo was held here from Oct. 31 to Nov.3, attracting more than 2,000 companies from China and ASEAN countries.

(Xinhua News Agency November 3, 2006)