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Passage 1 Respected Leaders, Distinguished Guests, Dear Friends, Ladies and Gentlemen, In this golden autumn season of October, we welcome in Guangzhou the opening of the 100th Session of China Export Commodity Fair, and our guests and friends from all over the world. At the opening and celebration ceremony of the 100th Session of Chinese Export Commodities Fair, the Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao announced, on behalf of the Chinese government, that as of the 101st session, the Chinese Export Commodities Fair (also known as the Canton Fair) will be renamed as the China Import and Export Fair, marking a new historical starting point for the Canton Fair. For the last 5 decades the Canton Fair took serving Chinas foreign trade as its responsibility. Today it has become a comprehensive international trade event in China with the longest history, the largest scale, the biggest variety of exhibits, the largest number of buyers and the highest turnover, and enjoys the reputation as Chinas NO.1 Fair. The Canton Fair will be given more extensive and profound connections after being renamed as the China Import and Export Fair. The 2006 Central Economic Working Conference definitely set forth the important task of vigorously expanding import, which clearly demonstrates the decision for a fundamental transformation in the implementation of the Chinese foreign trade strategy. Just like 50 years ago when China took a robust step forward to inaugurate the fair, Canton fair will assume new tasks and set sail for an even more brilliant destination. Looking into the future, the Canton Fair, standing on a higher position with a wider horizon and a newer vision, will better serve the reform, opening up and the economic construction, and make further contributions to the overall goal of building a harmonious socialist society. In the new historical scenario, as the organizer of the Canton Fair, we at the China Foreign Trade center will continues to follow the philosophy of Specialization, M