Beijing kicks off the International Green Industry Expo (Green Expo) on November 24 morning with a grand opening ceremony. It will be held from November 24 to 27 with the theme of "Green Economy, Mutual Benefit."

The exhibition, co-hosted by 12 Chinese ministries and commissions, has brought together 212 world-renowned enterprises with advanced technologies, products and applications on display.

They will exchange views on green technology and seek business opportunities. China's "go-green" push has created a plenty of opportunities for green technologies and opened up a potentially huge market for green initiatives.

General Electric CEO Jeff R. Immelt recently announced that the company will invest more than $2 billion through 2012 to expand its R&D capability and set up joint ventures in China, the latest example in a string of investments beefed up by foreign companies to show their confidence in China's market.

The Expo is the first state-level and high-profile international exposition initiated by the Chinese Government for the green industry.

It will showcase cutting-edge green technologies as well as China's development and achievements in pushing for a more sustainable economy. The Expo, seen as a prelude to late November's UN Climate Summit in Mexico, will make itself a platform to show the world that China has made much progress toward developing green industries.

Vice Premier Li Keqiang attend the ceremony and announced the Expo's opening.

(China.org.cn November 24, 2010)