A delegation from Shanxi province was present at the 2nd China Beijing International Fair for Trade in Services, in the China National Convention Center, May 28 to June 1, with a 60-square-meter exhibit representing 17 of the province’s enterprises, in paper-cutting, wood-engraving, embroidery, handmade cotton textiles, and crafts.

Woman demonstrating hand-woven cloth production on a traditional loom, at the Shanxi booth at the Beijing Fair, May 28 to June 1

The provincial commerce department also used the opportunity to sign a strategic cooperation agreement with the Association pour la Promotion des Echanges Culturels France-Chine for longer term economic and cultural cooperation and communications with Hauts-de-Seine, a province of France.

Edited by Zhou Yuanyuan and Roger Bradshaw