The total of 1,435 contracts were inked at the 22nd Lanzhou Investment and Trade Fair held in Lanzhou, Gansu province from July 8-11, achieving a record investment of 760.8 billion yuan ($113.78 billion), according to official figures.
The Gansu Provincial Commercial Bureau said that this year's investment generated from the fair marked an increase of 9.1 percent year-on-year, and for the first time with more than 50 percent of the funds being invested in the service sector.