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Ground-breaking Ceremonies for DPRK-China Joint Projects Held
Pyongyang, June 10 (KCNA) -- Ground-breaking ceremonies for the Hwanggumphyong and Wihwa Islands Economic Zone and the Rason Economic and Trade Zone to be jointly developed and operated by the DPRK and China took place on June 8 and 9.
Present there were Jang Song Thaek, vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission, and other officials from the DPRK site.
Also present were Chen Deming, minister of Commerce, and other officials from the Chinese side.
Jang Song Thaek and Chen Deming made congratulatory speeches at the ceremony held in the Hwanggumphyong district.
They stressed that the above-said economic zone to be jointly developed and operated by the two countries would mark a new symbol of the DPRK-China friendship and thus make a good contribution to bringing greater prosperity and happiness to the two peoples.
The DPRK and China are friendly neighbors sharing mountains and rivers, they said, expressing belief that the projects of joint development and operation provided by their joint efforts would be successfully carried out in a short span of time to make substantial contribution to the economic development of the two countries and Northeast Asia.
Jang Song Thaek and Chen Deming made congratulatory speeches at the ceremony held in the Rason Economic and Trade Zone.
The speakers said that the zone has favorable conditions for emerging a world trade and investment hub connecting Northeast Asia with Europe and North America as it is linked with the DPRK, China and Russia bordering on the River Tuman and has East Sea of Korea.
They called for bringing about a turn in freight transit transportation and tourism by speedily solving the issue of electricity and winding up the projects for modernization of Rajin Port and reconstruction of Rajin Port-Wonjong road through positive cooperation within this year.
The ceremony was followed by announcing the start of the reconstruction of the Rajin Port-Wonjong road, ground-breaking ceremonies of Athae Rason Cement Factory and the Rason, DPRK-Jilin Province, China High Efficiency Agricultural Model District and departing ceremonies of Chinese domestic freight transit transportation via Rajin Port and private car tourism as the first phase projects for the start of the joint development of the zone.
Present there were Jang Song Thaek, vice-chairman of the National Defence Commission, and other officials from the DPRK site.
Also present were Chen Deming, minister of Commerce, and other officials from the Chinese side.
Jang Song Thaek and Chen Deming made congratulatory speeches at the ceremony held in the Hwanggumphyong district.
They stressed that the above-said economic zone to be jointly developed and operated by the two countries would mark a new symbol of the DPRK-China friendship and thus make a good contribution to bringing greater prosperity and happiness to the two peoples.
The DPRK and China are friendly neighbors sharing mountains and rivers, they said, expressing belief that the projects of joint development and operation provided by their joint efforts would be successfully carried out in a short span of time to make substantial contribution to the economic development of the two countries and Northeast Asia.
Jang Song Thaek and Chen Deming made congratulatory speeches at the ceremony held in the Rason Economic and Trade Zone.
The speakers said that the zone has favorable conditions for emerging a world trade and investment hub connecting Northeast Asia with Europe and North America as it is linked with the DPRK, China and Russia bordering on the River Tuman and has East Sea of Korea.
They called for bringing about a turn in freight transit transportation and tourism by speedily solving the issue of electricity and winding up the projects for modernization of Rajin Port and reconstruction of Rajin Port-Wonjong road through positive cooperation within this year.
The ceremony was followed by announcing the start of the reconstruction of the Rajin Port-Wonjong road, ground-breaking ceremonies of Athae Rason Cement Factory and the Rason, DPRK-Jilin Province, China High Efficiency Agricultural Model District and departing ceremonies of Chinese domestic freight transit transportation via Rajin Port and private car tourism as the first phase projects for the start of the joint development of the zone.
