TRADE EVENT NOTICE Partnership Helps U.S. Companies Tap Chinese Information Technology Market via China's Internet WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The U.S. Department of Commerce and the California-based firm PC21 are inviting U.S. companies to tap the lucrative China information technology market through a virtual USA Technology Industries Pavilion on PC21's CyberExpo web site in China. CyberExpo is a 24-hour virtual trade show on the Chinanet, China's main Internet network. The USA Technology Industries Pavilion's focus is on promoting U.S. firms to the Chinese business community in the Chinese language. One way it accomplishes this is by providing profiles on the U.S. companies that participate in specific Commerce-sponsored trade promotion events, such as trade missions and catalog exhibitions. Participants in the Department's recent USA Catalog Exhibition at China Computerworld 97, China's largest computer trade show, received a complimentary Chinese-language listing in the USA virtual pavilion on CyberExpo. Participants in any of three upcoming China trade promotion events can also qualify for a free listing. The trade promotion events include a medical and dental devices/laboratory instruments trade mission in April 1998, a computer trade mission in May 1998, and a catalog exhibition at China Computerworld in September 1998. The U.S. Technology Industries Pavilion will also provide links to information provided by trade associations and state economic development offices. The U.S. Information Technology Office in Beijing, the Telecommunications Industry Association, and the American Electronics Association have already agreed to create Chinese-language content for the site. State governments and additional trade associations are also considering developing content for the website. The Commerce Department is considering expanding the scope of the virtual pavilion to include industries such as energy and environmental technologies. The American Embassy in Beijing is also providing information on U.S. Governmentservices to further encourage U.S. exports. CyberExpo in China is located at a backbone node of Chinanet, http://pc21.szptt.net.cn/. More information on CyberExpo can be found at PC21 homepage, http://www.pc21.com. For more information about Commerce's computer trade events in China, contact Bryan Larson at p. (202) 482-1987: f. (202) 482-0952 or E-mail: Bryan_Larson@ita.doc.gov ### WEB: Trade Events, infoserv2.ita.doc.gov/ocbe/ocbehome.nsf. E-MAIL: USA Technology Industries Pavilion, bryan_larson@ita.doc.gov.

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