The 14th China International Fair for Investment and Trade (CIFIT) opened on September 8 in coastal Xiamen, southeast China's Fujian Province.

About 50,000 businesspeople from across the world took part in the four-day annual event, one of China's most influential platforms for the promotion of trade and investment.

In addition to investment and trade exhibitions and investment project matchmaking symposiums, this year's fair also included a special exhibition on different sections of energy saving.

The CIFIT, sponsored by the Ministry of Commerce, has been held from September 8-11 every year in Xiamen since 1997.

The Second World Investment Forum, sponsored by the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development, was also held in Xiamen on September 7.