Present at the ceremony were Jo Jong Ho, chairman of the Rason City People's Committee, officials concerned and people in Rason City from the DPRK side and Zhang Anshun, secretary of the Yanbian Autonomous Region, Jilin Province, Committee of the Communist Party of China, Chen Weigen, vice-governor of the Jilin Provincial People's Government, Tian Baozhen, consul general to Chongjin and officials concerned from the Chinese side.

The tablet hanging on the wall of a building used as a temporary office was unveiled. Letters written on the tablet read "Rason Economic and Trade Zone Management Committee Jointly Developed and Operated by DPRK and China".

Hwang Chol Nam, vice-chairman of the Rason City People's Committee, in a congratulatory speech expressed conviction that the officials and people of Jilin Province and Rason City would make joint efforts to expand the traditional DPRK-China friendly relations and boost multilateral cooperation and exchange as those of elder generations did.