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Urumqi Foreign Economic Relations and Trade Fair (), commonly abbreviated as Urumqi Fair (), is an annual trade fair held in Urumqi of
Xinjiang Xinjiang, SASM/GNC: ''Xinjang''; zh, c=, p=Xīnjiāng; formerly romanized as Sinkiang (, ), officially the Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region (XUAR), is an autonomous region of the People's Republic of China (PRC), located in the northwest ...
, China, since it was started on September 2, 1992. Its purpose is to promote trading and market exploration in
Northwestern China Northwest China () is a statistical region of China which includes the autonomous regions of Xinjiang and Ningxia and the provinces of Shaanxi, Gansu and Qinghai. It has an area of 3,107,900 km2. The region is characterized by a (semi-)arid con ...
with foreign countries mainly in
Central Asia Central Asia, also known as Middle Asia, is a subregion, region of Asia that stretches from the Caspian Sea in the west to western China and Mongolia in the east, and from Afghanistan and Iran in the south to Russia in the north. It includes t ...
. Urumqi Fair is the largest trade fair in
Western China Western China (, or rarely ) is the west of China. In the definition of the Chinese government, Western China covers one municipality ( Chongqing), six provinces (Sichuan, Guizhou, Yunnan, Shaanxi, Gansu, and Qinghai), and three autonomous re ...
. During the 17th Urumqi fair in September 2008, it was the first time that the fair saw participants from the Ministry of Commerce and the China Council for Promotion of International Trade. The last fair was held in 2010 before the event was upgraded to become the first
China-Eurasia Expo The China-Eurasia Expo (中国-亚欧博览会) is an exposition for commercial, cultural and ministerial activities among Asian and European countries. History Prior to the expo, a lower profile annual trade fair was held in Urumqi every year s ...
in 2011.


See also

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Canton Fair The Canton Fair or China Import and Export Fair, is a trade fair held in the spring and autumn seasons each year since the spring of 1957 in Canton (Guangzhou), Guangdong, China. It is the oldest, largest, and the most representative trade fair in ...


External links


Official website


References

{{reflist Ürümqi Trade fairs in China Recurring events established in 1992 1992 establishments in China 2010 disestablishments in China