The exhibition was aimed at making a substantial contribution to the improvement of the people's standard of living by increasing the production of August 3 consumer goods.

On display in the venue of the exhibition were over 16,500 goods of more than 1,570 kinds, including building materials, light-industry goods, food and consumer goods, which were made by factories, enterprises, housewives' workteams, etc. in the province.

Among the exhibits were good straw hats, straw cushions and other straw goods, underwear, drawing paper and laundry soap made in various cities and counties with the locally available raw and other materials.

Various bags, quilts, silk fabrics, notebooks and foodstuffs made by the Sinuiju Bag Factory and many other factories were popular with the buyers and awakened them to the advantages of the use of domestically available or recycled raw materials.