STORY: 6th China-ASEAN Expo popular around world DATELINE: Nanning-Aug. 22, 2009 LENGTH: 0:01:41

    SHOTLIST(including transcript):

    1. Expo delegations touring in the exhibition hall

    2. Expo delegations buying hand-made products

    3. Product exhibition: bracelet and earring

    4. Product exhibition: peanut, oil, wine

    5. Interior of Cambodian products exhibition booths

    6. Expo delegations asking information about the products

    7. Cambodian exhibition booths

    8. Various of Cambodian souvenirs

    9. SOUNDBITE(Mandarin), Zheng Junjian, Secretary-general of China-ASEAN Secretariat "This year we have arranged more booths, but applications are increasing, so supply for the booths has already exceeded the demand. Till now, the received applications have been far more than we've expected before."

    10. Various of the pier and the crane

    11. Various of containers

    12. Various of ships

    13. Inside the exhibition hall; delegates looking around

    14. Two workers standing behind ASEAN information desk

    15. Delegates at the exhibition booths

    16. People walking down stairs

    17. Interior of exhibition hall, delegates walking toward

    18. Three exhibiter behind their booth of wood crafts

    19. Four bottles of beans, one basket of fruits

    STORYLINE:

    As the 6th China-ASEAN Expo is approaching, a rush of exhibition booth applications has been received from enterprises both at home and abroad, which make the demand of booths, especially those for the domestic enterprises, exceed the supply.

    The China-ASEAN Secretariat has sent invitations to enterprises from many countries, including the 10 member states of ASEAN, America, Japan and some European countries. The invitations have received warm welcome. All these countries have promised to send delegations for the Expo.

    SOUNDBITE: Zheng Junjian, Secretary-general of China-ASEAN Secretariat "This year we have arranged more booths, but applications are increasing, so supply for the booths has already exceeded the demand. Till now, the received applications have been far more than we've expected before."

    Since 1994 when the first China-ASEAN Expo was held, bilateral trade volume between China and ASEAN has been sharply increased. The total bilateral trade volume has reached 231.1 billion dollars in 2008. As analysts say, under the ongoing global financial crisis, China-ASEAN free trade area will be completed in 2010. Under the circumstances, this year's Expo in Nanning, capital of south China's Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Region will receive more attention.

    Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Nanning. (XHTV)