(ZHANG FAN)

Participants talk business at a pavilion featuring Chinese companies on March 11 during the CeBIT held in Hanover, Germany. CeBIT is the world's largest and most international IT expo that is held annually in Hanover.

This year, over 3,400 companies from over 70 countries participated in the event from March 10 to 14. China, with nearly 700 companies on display at the event, has become the largest participating country, second only to Germany.