6th China-ASEAN Expo popular around world

STORY: 6th China-ASEAN Expo popular around world

DATELINE: Nanning-Aug. 22, 2009 LENGTH: 0:01:41

SHOTLIST(including transcript):

1. Expo delegations touring in the exhibition hall

2. Expo delegations buying hand-made products

3. Product exhibition: bracelet and earring

4. Product exhibition: peanut, oil, wine

5. Interior of Cambodian products exhibition booths

6. Expo delegations asking information about the products

7. Cambodian exhibition booths

8. Various of Cambodian souvenirs

9. SOUNDBITE(Mandarin), Zheng Junjian, Secretary-general of China-ASEAN Secretariat "This year we have arranged more booths, but applications are increasing, so supply for the booths has already exceeded the demand. Till now, the received applications have been far more than we've expected before."

10. Various of the pier and the crane

11. Various of containers

12. Various of ships

13. Inside the exhibition hall; delegates looking around

14. Two workers standing behind ASEAN information desk

15. Delegates at the exhibition booths

16. People walking down stairs

17. Interior of exhibition hall, delegates walking toward

18. Three exhibiter behind their booth of wood crafts

19. Four bottles of beans, one

basket of fruits

STORYLINE:

As the 6th China-ASEAN Expo is approaching, a rush of

exhibition booth applications has been received from enterprises both at home

and abroad, which make the demand of booths, especially those for the domestic

enterprises, exceed the supply.

The China-ASEAN Secretariat has sent invitations to

enterprises from many countries, including the 10 member states of ASEAN,

America, Japan and some European countries. The invitations have received warm

welcome. All these countries have promised to send delegations for the Expo.

SOUNDBITE: Zheng Junjian, Secretary-general of

China-ASEAN Secretariat "This year we have arranged more booths, but

applications are increasing, so supply for the booths has already exceeded the

demand. Till now, the received applications have been far more than we've

expected before."

Since 1994 when the first China-ASEAN Expo was held,

bilateral trade volume between China and ASEAN has been sharply increased. The

total bilateral trade volume has reached 231.1 billion dollars in 2008. As

analysts say, under the ongoing global financial crisis, China-ASEAN free trade

area will be completed in 2010. Under the circumstances, this year's Expo in

Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will receive

more attention.

Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from

Nanning. (XHTV)