Addressing the opening ceremony, Taichung City Mayor Jason Hu said the visiting delegation, which included Taichung County Magistrate Huang Chung-sheng, Changhua County Magistrate Cho Po-yuan and nearly 200 representatives of four cities and counties, was the biggest contingent from central Taiwan to ever visit the Chinese

capital.

The Taiwan products on display at the trade fair, which is being held at the Beijing International Conference Center, include grapes and guavas from Changhua, tea from Nantou, golden bamboo shoots from Taichung city and other local specialties.

Chen Chao-wang, director of Nantou County's agricultural affairs department, represents Nantou Magistrate Lee Chao-ching at the Beijing event.

To create a festive atmosphere, the organizers staged a wedding of a "Prince of Taichung" and "Princess of Sun Moon Lake in Nantou" as part of the promotion of the sun cakes and black tea that are specialities of those two areas, respectively.

Hu said the agricultural and tourism display was taken to Beijing after the success of similar promotional events in Hong Kong, Macau and Xiamen in China's Fujian province.

The delegation will meet with Chinese city officials during its stay in Beijing and is scheduled to return home June 29.