China will host the 10th China Yangling Agricultural Hi-tech Fair on November 5-9 this year in northwest China's Shaanxi Province, according to the provincial government. 

The theme of the fair is "Sciences and Technologies, Innovation, Industrialization." It offered 1,000 indoor exhibition stands and 5,000 square meters of outdoor space, and 84 indoor stands are reserved for delegations from 17 countries and regions including France, Germany, Japan and the United States.

The hi-tech forum, the centerpiece of the fair, will focus on China's agriculture and the development of China's rural economy, both experiencing changes under new conditions in the country.

The fair is one of the four most influential scientific expositions in the country and is sponsored by the provincial government of Shaanxi, the Ministry of Science and Technology, the Ministry of Agriculture and the Ministry of Education. The coordinators include the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization and the World Bank.

(People’s Daily October 6, 2003)