S. Korea, China's Jiangsu discuss ways to expand trade, industrial ties

South Korea's trade ministry and the government of China's Jiangsu Province on Wednesday held a joint forum aimed at promoting economic and trade cooperation between the two sides.

The event also helped Korean companies ink $2.3 million worth of export deals with Chinese buyers, officials said.

The seventh Korea-Jiangsu business and trade exchange forum was held at Yancheng city in the eastern Chinese province and attended by some 400 government officials and business leaders from the two sides,