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At 8:30 a.m., the corridor outside the largest conference hall of the Dalian International Convention Center, located at the southern end of Renmin Road in Donggang District, was crowded with a sea of people, their heads visible as far as the eye could see.
Afterward—
As the staff of the conference center opened the doors, those who had been waiting for a long time orderly made their way into the venue.
Among them were reporters and business representatives from all over the country.
Whether reporters or business representatives, they had all been in Dalian for a week, specifically to attend this Dalian Investment Summit.
Compared to the large-scale business exchange activity held in Zhejiang at the end of April, the Dalian Investment Summit was of much less significance, let alone compared to the formidable lineup of the "15th Anniversary Celebration of Hong Kong's Return Large-Scale Business Exchange Activity."