Fresh fruit from southern Taiwan's Pingtung County will debut in Shanghai Sunday and will be offered as free samples to consumers in China's largest city in an effort to crack that potentially lucrative market, a corporate source said Thursday. The government of Taiwan's southernmost county of Pingtung is collaborating with Ganso Food Corp., a Taiwanese food company, to push Pingtung fruit products in the hope that Taiwanese fruit growers could gain access to the huge market in the greater Shanghai area, said Kuo Wen-ling, manager of Ganso's operations in Shanghai. Some 1,000 kg of fresh fruit, including papayas, guavas, grapefruit, mangoes, bellfruit and lemons, will be displayed at the Bailian Zhonghuan Commercial Plaza, the largest shopping mall in Shanghai, from Sunday, Kuo said. 'All 1,000 kg of fruit on display will be offered to shoppers as free samples,' she added. Ganso will also be offering free fruit cakes and iced delights during the promotion, she said. Ganso was recently selected by the Bureau of Shanghai Expo Coordination as an official sponsor of desserts and bread for Shanghai World Expo 2010, making it the 14th sponsor of the fair. 