2008 China Yiwu Forestry Expo was opened on October, 31st in Yiwu City of Zhejiang Province, and more than 10,000 products were exhibited at the expo. On November, 2nd, Shaowu city (Fujian province) and Yiwu city (Zhejiang province) found cooperation opportunity at the expo and representatives from two sides have communicated deeply on the issues of how to make use of both advantages and how to promote the upgrading of forestry industry.

Shaowu city, covered with 3.256 million mu forestry land, is an important forestry industry city located in South China. The local forestry products are of big vairety, ranging from bamboo products, MDF, plywood, particle board and etc. The local enterprises of wood-based panel, paper-making, wooden products and bamboo shoot products have formed an industry chain in Shaowu city, with an annual output of various products over 0.5 million m3.