国内英语新闻:Northeast Asian countries' cooperative development accelerates

CHANGCHUN, Sept. 2 (Xinhua) -- Economic cooperation and investment among northeast Asia countries is accelerating, a senior trade official of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) said Thursday in Changchun, capital of northeast China's Jilin Province.

"Northeast Asia has the advantages of modern technology, abundant natural resources and huge markets, which lays a solid foundation for common prosperity through cooperation," Koo Bon-Tai, vice trade minister of the DPRK, said at the Sixth Northeast Asia Investment and Trade Expo.

Northeast Asia plays an important role promoting regional development, prosperity and security, said Xie Zhenhua, vice minister of China's National Development and Reform Commission.

He added that the development of the Greater Tumen Initiative (GTI) will become a new growth point for China and northeast Asia.

"All mining, communication and infrastructure projects approved by the Mongolian government are related to the development of northeast Asia," said Noroviin Altanhuyag, the first deputy prime minister of Mongolia.

According to Chen Weigen, Vice Governor of Jilin Province, the sixth Northeast Asia Expo will showcase Changchun, Jilin and the Tumen River and attract domestic and overseas enterprises to join regional development and cooperation in the Tumen River area.

The Expo began Thursday in Changchun, which attracted 50,000 businessmen from home and abroad, including those from 110 of the world's top 500 companies.