The Sixth China International Software and Information Service Fair (CISIS) will be held from June 18 to 22 in Dalian, Liaoning province.

"As the only national IT expo approved by the State Council, it is becoming more and more influential," said Jiang Qinyu, director of Dalian information industry bureau at a news briefing yesterday. According to Jiang, only 200 companies attended the first software fair in 2003, but the number climbed to 650 last year.

(China Daily)