By Fang Zhangjie Hangzhou Daily

The China International Silk Expo will be held next month in Hangzhou

Hangzhou silk became the focus again for the media in Beijing. The new conference for the 2005 China International Silk Expo was held in Beijing yesterday, Shen Jian, the vice mayor of Hangzhou introduced to Beijing media about the Silk Expo.

The 2005 China International Silk Expo is jointly sponsored by the State's Ministry of Commerce and the Municipal Government of Hangzhou for the first time, and jointly undertaken by the State Cocoon Silk Correspondence Office, China Silk Association, Hangzhou Economic Committee and Hangzhou Trade Bureau, with zealous support and participation of Cocoon Silk Office of the Commercial Bureau, Silk Association, Commercial Organization, Foreign Trade Company and Silk Garment Enterprise from every province (district and city). The event will be held on October 20 to 23 at Hangzhou Peace International Conference and Exposition Center. This event is hitherto the largest, highest level and most professional Silk Exposition at home and abroad.