TEHRAN — China will hold the second great exhibition in Iran on September 2006, Massud Daneshmand, member of the board of directors of Iran-China Joint Chamber of Commerce said on Tuesday.

At least 200 Chinese companies are to participate in the said exhibition, he added, noting that the exhibition is to cover a land area as large as 30,000 sq. m., and will showcase different Chinese goods.

The exhibition will be probably held in Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds.

Daneshmand called this exhibition as an opportunity for the regional countries as well as the Central Asian states to resolve their issues with China.

In conclusion, he referred to the last year exhibition in which 120 Chinese companies took part, stating that the participants called that exhibition as the most successful one ever held abroad by their country.