The second China International Supply Chain Expo (CISCE), slated from Nov 26 to 30, will see 20 percent more participating companies than in the previous edition, the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade told the press on Monday.
"About 600 Chinese and overseas enterprises are selected and approved to participate in the expo, up 20 percent from the first expo. They are expected to drive the participation of more than 400 companies along the entire industrial chain," Zhang Shaogang, vice chairman of the China Council for the Promotion of International Trade, said at a press conference.
"The expo will also welcome guests from more than 100 countries and regions. Over 10 international organizations, and representatives from more than 30 provinces, regions, and municipalities will visit the expo in groups and have business talks. The number of visitors is expected to surpass that in the previous expo," Zhang continued.
Although the exhibition area has expanded to 120,000 square meters from the previous 100,000 square meters, and another zone has been set up at the Chaoyang Venue of China International Exhibition Center for green agriculture, it is still difficult to secure a booth, according to Zhang.
The expo is the world's first national-level supply chain expo that is dedicated to promoting cooperation in global supply chain and industrial chain.
China's 2nd supply chain expo to see 20 percent more participants
The South Korean military has been proved to be the "principal" of the drone incursion into Pyongyang, capital city of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), the DPRK official Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) reported on Monday.
The act was aimed at scattering anti-DPRK leaflets, reported the KCNA, citing the final investigation results released a day earlier by a spokesman for the country's Ministry of National Defense.
The conclusion was made by a joint investigation group composed of the Ministry of National Defense and the Ministry of State Security, among other relevant specialized institutions, after a comprehensive analysis of the flight plans and logs obtained from the flight control module dismantled from the remains of a crashed drone.
The KCNA report offered a detailed flight record showing that after taking off at the Paekryong Island at 23:25:30 on Oct. 8, the drone flew over Jangyon County of South Hwanghae Province and the waters around the Cho Islet and then to the waters around the Namjoap Islet, before it flew over Chollima District, Nampho Municipality and intruded into the DPRK's capital.
The drone scattered the political leaflets above the area between the office building of the DPRK Foreign Ministry and a Pyongyang metro station called Sungri at 01:32:08 on Oct. 9 and above the office building of the Ministry of National Defense at 01:35:11 respectively, according to the KCNA report.
If an act of South Korean infringement upon the DPRK's sovereignty occurs again, the DPRK will respond mercilessly, the spokesman warned.
S Korean military culprit of drone incursion over Pyongyang: DPRK defense ministry
S Korean military culprit of drone incursion over Pyongyang: DPRK defense ministry
