The 9th NEAR General Assembly was held in Yinchuan City, Ningxia Hui Autonomous Region, China between July 24-27 under the theme of “Forge Closer Cooperation, Create Joint Prosperity.” This year, over 162 people from 6 Chinese member regions, 6 Japanese member regions, 11 Korean member regions, 7 Mongolian member regions, 2 Russian member regions, diplomatic delegations from South Korea and North Korea, non-member regions, and observers attended the General Assembly. Some diplomatic delegations attended the NEAR General Assembly for the first time, and Representatives from DPRK participated for the first time in 8 years since the 5th NEAR General Assembly, which was held in Heilongjiang Province, China, in September 2004, thus making the 9th General Assembly particularly meaningful.