Letter 0f Congratulations
          To China National Textile and Apparel Council (CNTAC)  
                    China Counil of Promotion of InternationaI Trade (CCPIT)

On the occasion of ceremonious opening of the Tenth China International Textile Machinery Exhibition (CITME), I avail myself of this opportunity with this letter to express my warm congratulations to you!

As a traditional pillar industry for the national economy，the textile sector 1s one if the Chinese industries with stronger international competitiveness. CITME，since its debut in 1988，is being held for the tenth time，making a positive contribution to the development and technological progress in Chinese textile industry，and to the facilitation of international exchange and cooperation in the world textile industry.

China National Textile and Apparel Council，coupled with the European Committee of Textile Machinery Manufacturers (CEMATEX)，will cosponsor the international textile machinery Exhibition in Shanghai in 2008．The two powers integrated cooperation between the textile machinery exhibition in the world’s 1argest textile and clothing industrial center and the textile machinery exhibition in the world’s most advanced textile machinery manufacturing center will surely further facilitate the complementary cooperation between the textile industries in both China and Europe，and boost the prosperity and progress in this regime on global basis.

 I hope you will come up with a creative concept for running a new exhibition in an effort to strengthen the industrial exchanges and cooperation internationally，and continue to improve the level of a co—run exhibition to strive for a even more famous brand of international exhibition，providing a lot better quality service for this industry both at home and abroad.

I wish a complete success to the 10th CITME!

           Madam．Wu Yi

          Vice Premier
          State Council
          The People’s Republic Of China

          0ct．16th．2006