Honored leaders,
Distinguished guests,
Ladies & Gentlemen,
Thank you very much for your kind attending this banquet hosted by the People's Government of Yunfu Municipality.

Today Yunfu has invited so many guests from so many places by promoting STONE industrial exchanges. The Yunfu people are now meeting all the guests with their open arms. On this grand occasion, we are now enjoying the surprised happiness in making new friends and joys in meeting the old ones again.

How happy we are/Meeting friends from afar!

I now, on behalf of the Peoples' Government of Yunfu Municipality and 2.5 million Yunfu People, extend cordial welcome to you.

Yunfu needs to be better known by the outside world. In Yunfu, you will be impressed with her rich resources, unique industry, charming spots of scenery and humanities. There are minerals in big deposits and of super quality, hence the worlds' biggest mine of pyrite in Yunfu and the Stone Building Materials Gallery of 100 Li Long.

We have several processing and production bases of important positions in Guangdong and even in China. There are bases for stainless steel wares, garments, battery & electric wires, and preserved fruits. In agriculture, there are also bases for aquatic farming, quality fruit production and tea plantation, all with an excellent prospect for development and operation.

There are attracting destinations for tourists to visit the rare stone flower, to pay worship to Buddha, and to stay for leisure holidays and convalescence, namely, the Dragon Cave, the Guo'en Temple, the Dragon Hill Hot Spring Resort, etc.

Yunfu is eager to join the world economically. We will build with stones a friendly bridge for the economical & technological exchanges between Yunfu and the other parts of our country and the overseas communities. We sincerely invite all friends to Yunfu to exploit the resources, to develop the markets, to conduct scientific and technical R & D and infrastructure construction.

Yunfu will surely work with a will to develop faster so as to join the international tide of economic division and co-operation. At this point, I proposed a toast,

To the success of the 1st China (Yunfu) Exhibition & E-Trade Fair for Stone & Technology!

To the prosperity of the stone industry of Yunfu and that of the world!

To our happy co-operation today and everlasting friendly exchanges, and

To the excellent health, successful business and all the best of all those present here!