They included the Democratic Party of Equatorial Guinea, the General Association of Koreans in China, the Association of Korean Nationals in Dandong City of China and its branches, Giancarlo Elia Valori, president of the International Group of Italy, Rufino Ndong Esono Nuchama, minister of Culture, Tourism and Promotion of Handicrafts of Equatorial Guinea, the family of internationalist Ya. T. Nobichenko, the family of Hwang Paek Ha, a China-resident Korean related to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, Chairman Sim Chong Song and senior officials of the Association of Korean Nationals in Dandong City of China, Piao Guang Jie, CEO of the Dandong Jincheng Co. Ltd. of China, and other leading officials of various companies in Liaoning Province and Dandong City of China.