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China, DPRK to boost economic, trade cooperation
14/10/2008 17:15

Commercial officials of China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said to boost cooperation on economy and trade in an annual bilateral meeting held in Pyongyang today.
China will pragmatically push the bilateral economic and trade cooperation to a new high on the principle of being guided by the government and with the participation of businesses and market operations, said Wang Chao, Assistant Minister of China's Commerce Ministry, during the 4th meeting of the China-DPRK Economic, Trade and Scientific and Technological Cooperation Committee.
Developing and enlarging DPRK-China cooperation on economy and trade has been the persistent stand of the DPRK government, said Gu Ben Tae, Vice Minister of Foreign Trade.
The DPRK will continue to go along with China to promote bilateral commercial cooperation and contribute to the DPRK-China friendship, he added.
Commercial officials of the two countries discussed other issues of mutual concern.


Xinhua