Tickets sales for the Guangzhou Asian Games will start from next January
Tickets for the Guangzhou Asian Games will be put on sale starting from next January. This includes normal tickets as well as a series of preferential products such as luxury suites to watch the Games. The tickets will be sold on the official website and at various ticket offices around the venues. According to the organizers, more than a million tickets will be sold throughout the world. 

106th Canton Fair Ends With Hope of Rebound
The 106th Canton Fair came to an end yesterday (Nov 4th) after a 20 day long exhibition. According to the spokesman of the fair, both the number of overseas buyers and the transaction volume has seen double digit growths. A total of 188,000 overseas buyers attended the fair, up nearly 14% compared to the spring session. A positive signal was the 30% increase in the number of European buyers. As for the transaction volume, it saw an obvious improvement with the total transaction volume reaching over 30 billion USD, up more than 16% compared to the spring session.

90 Guangzhou Entreprizes Visit Taiwan Seeking Business
According to the Guangzhou China Council for the Promotion of International Trade (GZ-CCPIT), an economic and trade delegation of over 200 members, led by the Deputy Mayor of Guangzhou, Li Rongcan, is in Taiwan starting today and until November 10th. They are seeking new business opportunities and will participate in the "Taiwan ¨C Guangzhou Economic Week."

New World Bank China GDP Growth Forecast: 8.4%
The World Bank on Wednesday (Nov 4th) raised China's economic growth forecast for this year. China's GDP is expected to hit 8.4 percent this year, a little higher than the country's goal of 8 percent. In June, the bank had already raised its forecast for 2009 to 7.2 percent from its earlier prediction of 6.5 percent. Ardo Hansson, the bank's leading economist on China, attributed the possible faster growth to the Chinese government's massive fiscal and monetary stimulus measures. It also projected sustainable and robust growth in 2010.