A group of 145 companies from South Korea will build a total of 192 booths at 2013’s HTF. About 39 percent of these participants have attended the fair before, a year-on-year increase of 6 percent, which exceeds all the previous sessions in the number of booths and enterprises.

Twelve governmental and commercial associations from nine provinces and three cities (Seoul, Busan and Bucheon) in  South Korea will send delegations to the event. The small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) service center of Gyeonggi Province and Jeollabuk Province’s administration for SMEs expect to attend for the first time.

The booths will exhibit household items, outdoor sports equipment, electronic products and food.

These companies hope to strengthen their economic relationship with Chinese counterparts at the fair.