Chinese Invited to Computex Taipei

TAIPEI -- Companies from mainland China will be able to exhibit at the Computex Taipei trade show for the first time next year, as part of an effort by the new Taiwanese government to improve relations with its neighbor.

The conference is slated to be held here from June 2 to 6.

Computex organizers have set aside 200 booths for Chinese companies, "many of them data communications companies," said Li Chang, deputy secretary general of the Taipei Computer Association, last week.

The announcement comes just months after Ma Ying-jeou was sworn in as Taiwan's new president.