Border trade through Quanhe port in Hunchun city of northeast China's Jilin Province and Wonjong-ri port of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) returned to normal on Saturday.

Normal trade resumed after the DPRK lifted restrictions on the entry of Chinese citizens, which were imposed in April during the severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS) outbreak in parts of China.

Quanhe was the biggest trading port along the Jilin-DPRK border, facing Wonjong-ri across the Tumen River and neighboring the biggest economic development zone of the DPRK.

Quanhe has played an important role in trade between the two countries. In the first three months, the number of tourists through the port reached 56,000 and more than 30,000 tons of cargo went through the port.

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