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
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