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Reception Hosted by DPRK Government

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, July 2 (KCNA) -- The DPRK government hosted a reception at the People's Palace of Culture Thursday in connection with the holding of the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the Taean Friendship Glass Factory, a donation to the DPRK from the government of the People's Republic of China. Present there on invitation were the Chinese government economic and trade delegation led by Chen Jian, assistant to the minister of Commerce of China, Chinese Ambassador e.p. to the DPRK Wu Donghe, staff members of the Chinese embassy, Deng Fuquan, general manager of the Yaohua Glass General Company of China, and other Chinese guests.
    Present there were Pak Pong Ju, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Kim Kwang Rin, chairman of the State Planning Commission, and officials concerned.
    Jo Yun Hui, minister of Construction and Building-Materials Industries, in his speech recalled the grand holding of the ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of the glass factory, which would stand as a symbol of the DPRK-China friendship. The ceremony was one more demonstration of the vitality of the DPRK-China friendship growing strong century after century, he added.
    The Chinese government's decision to donate the modern glass factory to the DPRK is a clear proof that China's new collective leadership attaches great importance to the China-DPRK friendship, he said, and continued:
    The glass factory will be built successfully under the deep care of the leaders of the two countries and amid the expectation of the two peoples.
    The Korean people will as ever join hands with the Chinese comrades and strive to steadily open a new phase in the DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations.
    Chen Jian in his speech said that the Sino-DPRK friendship provided by the leaders of the old generation has steadily grown strong under the deep care of the leaders of the two countries and thanks to the common efforts of the two peoples for over 50 years, noting that China and the DPRK share the same mountain and river and has long-standing friendship.
    Recalling that Wu Bangguo, chairman of the Standing Committee of the National Peoples' Congress, visited the DPRK in October last year, he said that Kim Jong Il's China visit in April this year was successful.
    The purpose of the DPRK visit paid by the delegation is to promote the comprehensive development of the cooperative relations in economy and trade between China and the DPRK, he noted.
    He expressed his expectation that the glass factory would play an important role in the DPRK's economy and stand as a symbol of friendship and cooperation between China and the DPRK.
    He said he was pleased to learn that the Korean people have overcome all sorts of difficulties in the spirit of self-reliance and fortitude and thus achieved great success in socialist construction under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea headed by Kim Jong Il.
    He expressed belief that the economic cooperation between China and the DPRK would become more brisk and the traditional Sino-DPRK friendship make a new greater progress under the leadership of the Communist Party of China with Hu Jintao as general secretary and the Workers' Party of Korea with Kim Jong Il as general secretary.