NEAR Secretary General Visited Shaanxi Province, China NEAR Secretary General Kim Jae-hyo visited Shaanxi Province in China from 4-7 April to promote NEAR and increase the number of its member regions. He visited Shaanxi Province, a close partner as an observer in an effort to expand the number of member regions in China and talked with Lou Qinjian to promote NEAR and actively made a request for Shaanxi Province’s joining NEAR. In addition, he attempted to increase the opportunity for mutual and cooperative exchanges among Northeast regional governments asking for assembly-level support in a visit to Shaanxi People’s Congress with the members of the Planning and Economic Committee of Gyeongsangnam-do Provincial Council.