September 9, 2018

Li Zhanshu, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress, kicked off his visit to North Korea Saturday as special representative of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, and attended activities to celebrate the 70th anniversary of the founding of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea.

Previously, Wang Yang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and Wang Qishan, China's vice president, attended the related receptions respectively held by the North Korean Embassy in Beijing and Chinese side. Li's North Korea visit further demonstrates the intensity of high-level exchanges between the two countries. 

China and North Korea have a strong friendship. With North Korea reaffirming its goal of denuclearization, taking actions to demolish its only nuclear test site, and announcing it would no longer conduct missile tests, the main obstacles affecting China-North Korean relations in previous years have been rectified, and the previous friendly relationship between the two was restored. This is of great significance to the healthy development of bilateral relations. 

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