??? THE city has stepped up efforts to invite exhibitors to the Qingdao International Horticultural Exhibition 2014, which is scheduled at Baiguoshan Forest Park in Licang District from April 18 to Oct. 18, 2014. ????The event’s organizing committee visited Thailand, Singapore, Malaysia, as well as China’s Hong Kong and Macao last month to promote the event and invite exhibitors. ????Thailand’s convention and exhibition bureau has promised to promote the event to businesses and encourage them to attend. ????Singapore’s manufacturers’ association said it would promote the event to its 3,000 member enterprises. Macao confirmed it will be represented at the event. ????Organizers will complete invitations for domestic exhibitors by the end of this year. Invitations for exhibitors from Shandong Province will be finalized before July. ????(Li Hao, Yu Feng) | 