Monday, September 22, 2008

Pyongyang autumn international trade fair opens

The fourth Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair opened here at the Three Revolution Exhibition of Pyongyang on Monday.

More than 150 companies from 15 countries and regions took part in the four-day fair, which is scheduled to close on Thursday.

Over 70 Chinese companies, mainly from China's northeastern Liaoning province, attended the event.

Items on sale range from electronic products, machines, medicines to costumes.

"We will further expand and strengthen every kind of economic cooperation and exchange under the principle of equality, mutual respect and mutual benefit," said Ri Myong San, vice minister of foreign trade of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea .

The Pyongyang Autumn International Trade Fair, which was first held in 2005, is an annual event like its spring version, the Pyongyang Spring International Trade Fair.

Source:Xinhua

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