Secretary General Kim visited Xian City on May 22-25 to participate in the 18th Investment & Trade Forum for Cooperation between East & West China at the invitation of Shaanxi Province, a NEAR observer. On the 22th, Secretary General Kim attended main events including opening ceremony of the Expo, theme forum, and Shaanxi Province friendship city joint ceremony. He also had exchange and cooperation with Shaanxi Province requesting Shaanxi to join NEAR at the meeting with Vice President Li Quin of Shaanxi's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries He visited Expo exhibition halls and Samsung Semiconductor factories located in Xian on the 24th. Shaanxi is the region representing the west in China and has various cultural factors, including Qin Terracotta Warriors and Horses, the First Qin Emperor, and Silk Road. It spreads active exchange and cooperation aimed at Central Asia and Northeast Asia under the theme of Silk Road.