Harbin Int'l Economic and Trade Fair concludes

HARBIN, June 19 (Xinhua) -- The 29th Harbin International Economic and Trade Fair concluded Monday in northeast China's Heilongjiang Province and saw a total contract value of over 59 billion yuan (9.1 billion U.S. dollars).

Preliminary statistics show 268 agreements worth about 59.2 billion yuan were signed during the five-day fair that was held in Harbin, including about 100 million yuan of sales involving food, beverage, home appliances, high-tech products and textiles.

More than 2,400 booths participated in the fair, which had an exhibition area of 86,000 square meters. A total of 489 foreign companies from 38 countries and regions, and nearly 1,000 Chinese companies signed up for the fair.