China’s socialist neighbour, the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) celebrated its 75th founding anniversary on September 9.
Greeting the occasion, China’s leader Xi Jinping sent a warm message to his DPRK counterpart, Kim Jong Un.
Xi said that, thanks to the steadfast leadership of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and the tireless efforts of the Korean people, the cause of socialist construction in the DPRK has achieved steady and new successes for 75 years.
China and the DPRK are friendly neighbours sharing mountains and rivers, the message said, adding that the traditional China-DPRK friendship, personally provided and cultivated by the leaders of the elder generation of the two parties and two countries, has struck roots deep in the mind of the two peoples and is growing stronger with the passage of time.
It is the steadfast stand of the Chinese party and government to defend, consolidate and develop the traditional China-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations with credit, no matter how the international and regional situation may change, under the great changes unprecedented in a hundred years taking place rapidly.
A Chinese party and government delegation, led by Liu Guozheng, member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Vice Premier of China, visited the DPRK from September 8 to 11 to participate in the celebrations.
Kim Jong Un met with the Chinese guests on the day of their arrival. He noted that the Chinese comrades’ participation in the celebrations of the founding anniversary of the DPRK added glory to the events for marking its national day. Saying that he deeply realised through the Chinese party and government delegation’s visit to the DPRK that Comrade Xi Jinping and the Chinese party and government attach great importance to the special nature of the DPRK-China relations, he expressed thanks and high appreciation for it.
Conveying the cordial greetings of Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the CPC Central Committee, to Kim, Liu Guozheng extended warm congratulations on the 75th anniversary of the DPRK’s founding, made positive comments on the DPRK’s construction achievements, and wished the DPRK a prosperous future and its people a happy life with the country’s socialist cause flourishing and its development path getting wider.
China prizes the traditional China-DPRK friendship and is willing to push for the continuous consolidation and development of bilateral relations, he said.
Liu is in charge of the agriculture and health care sectors in China, and he noted that they are important undertakings for people’s livelihood, adding that China is willing to deepen exchanges and cooperation with the DPRK in these areas so as to benefit their people.
During their visit, the Chinese delegation also met with Premier Kim Tok Hun; attended a parade of paramilitary forces; visited the Friendship Tower, which honours the fallen fighters of the Chinese People’s Volunteer Army who fought in the 1950-53 Korean War; visited the DPRK-China Friendship Thaekam Farm, which DPRK President Kim Il Sung and Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai visited together in 1958; attended a grand musical performance as well as a reception and banquet; and paid respects to the statues of late DPRK leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il on Pyongyang’s Mansu Hill, as well as at the Chinese People’s Volunteers Martyrs Cemetery in Anju City.
The following reports were originally published by the Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) and the Xinhua News Agency.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Receives Greetings from President Xi Jinping
KCNA, 9 September 2023
Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, received a message of greeting from Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of the People’s Republic of China, on Sept. 9.
In the message, Xi Jinping extended heartfelt congratulations on behalf of the CPC and the Chinese government and people and on his own behalf to Kim Jong Un and to the WPK and the government and people of DPRK on the 75th birthday of the DPRK.
Thanks to the steadfast leadership of the WPK and the tireless efforts of the Korean people, the cause of socialist construction in the DPRK has achieved steady and new successes for 75 years, the message said.
Noting that in recent years General Secretary Kim Jong Un has made important achievements by guiding the Korean party and people to thoroughly implement the spirit of the Eighth WPK Congress and the plenary meetings of the Party Central Committee and channeling big efforts into the economic development and the improvement of people’s living, it expressed belief that under the leadership of the General Secretary and the WPK, the fraternal Korean people would surely accelerate the socialist cause of the DPRK and thus steadily achieve new development and put it on a new stage.
China and the DPRK are friendly neighbors sharing mountains and rivers, the message said, adding that the traditional China-DPRK friendship, personally provided and cultivated by the leaders of the elder generation of the two parties and two countries, has struck roots deep in the mind of the two peoples and is growing stronger with the passage of time.
In recent years I have met with you, General Secretary, five times and maintained close communication in various forms, jointly guiding the traditional China-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations to enter a new historic period, it said, and went on:
It is the steadfast stand of the Chinese party and government to defend, consolidate and develop the traditional China-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations with credit, no matter how the international and regional situation may change, under the grand change unprecedented in a hundred years taking place rapidly.
Under the new situation, the Chinese side, together with the DPRK side, is ready to strengthen the strategic communication, deepen the working-level cooperation and promote the China-DPRK relations to advance along with the times and achieve greater development and thus provide better welfare to the peoples of the two countries and make greater contributions to the peace and stability, development and prosperity of the region.
The message wished the DPRK prosperity and its people happiness and well-being.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Meets Chinese Party and Government Delegation
KCNA, 9 September 2023
Pyongyang, September 9 (KCNA) — Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, met the party and government delegation of the People’s Republic of China on September 8. The delegation is visiting the DPRK to take part in the celebrations of its 75th founding anniversary.
The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un warmly greeted the members of the Chinese party and government delegation led by Liu Guozhong, member of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and vice-premier of the State Council of China, and had a talk with them in a warm and friendly atmosphere.
He expressed thanks to the respected Comrade Xi Jinping for extending sincere congratulations to the Party, government and people of the DPRK on the occasion of its 75th founding anniversary and sending a party and government delegation to the celebrations of the anniversary.
He noted that the Chinese comrades’ participation in the celebrations of the founding anniversary of the DPRK added glory to the events for marking its national day. Saying that he deeply realized through the Chinese party and government delegation’s visit to the DPRK that Comrade Xi Jinping and the Chinese party and government attach great importance to the peculiarities of the DPRK-China relations, he expressed thanks and high appreciation for it.
Wishing Comrade Xi Jinping good health and continuous excellent successes in his important duty to lead the socialist cause with Chinese characteristics, he expressed belief that the Chinese people would surely realize the great dream of the prosperity of the Chinese nation under the leadership of the CPC.
During the talk, the two sides reached consensus of views on developing the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries and further intensifying the multi-faceted coordination and cooperation for the well-being of the peoples of the two countries.
The talk proceeded in an atmosphere of deep comradeship.
Kim Jong Un had a photo taken with the members of the Chinese delegation.
Top DPRK leader meets with Chinese vice premier
Xinhua, 10 September 2023
PYONGYANG, Sept. 10 (Xinhua) — Chinese Vice Premier Liu Guozhong led a party and government delegation to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) to attend the commemorative events for its 75th founding anniversary and visit the country from Friday to Sunday upon invitation.
During the visit, Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK, met with Liu, who is also a member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee.
The two sides exchanged in-depth views on China-DPRK relations and bilateral exchanges and cooperation in specific areas.
Conveying the cordial greetings of Xi Jinping, general secretary of the CPC Central Committee, to Kim, Liu extended warm congratulations on the 75th anniversary of the DPRK’s founding, made positive comments on the DPRK’s construction achievements, and wished the DPRK a prosperous future and its people a happy life with the country’s socialist cause flourishing and its development path getting wider.
China prizes the traditional China-DPRK friendship and is willing to push for the continuous consolidation and development of bilateral relations, Liu said.
Agriculture and health care are important undertakings for people’s livelihood, Liu said, adding that China is willing to deepen exchanges and cooperation with the DPRK in these areas to benefit their people.
Kim asked Liu to convey his cordial greetings to Xi, and welcomed the Chinese delegation led by Liu to attend the commemorative events for the DPRK’s 75th founding anniversary and visit the country.
The arrival of the Chinese delegation added luster to the DPRK’s National Day celebration and is of great significance, Kim said, adding that the DPRK is deeply grateful
The DPRK is willing to further develop friendly and cooperative relations with China and enhance the well-being of their people, Kim said.
He expressed the hope that the cause of Socialism with Chinese Characteristics will continue to make new and greater achievements and believes that the Chinese Dream of national rejuvenation will surely be realized.
During the visit, Liu also met with Kim Tok Hun, premier of the DPRK Cabinet, attended a series of activities for the 75th founding anniversary of the DPRK, visited the China-DPRK Friendship Tower, paid homage to the cemetery for martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteers in Anju, and visited the China-DPRK Friendship Thaekam Farm.
I am from Vancouver,Canada and i wanted to say that China, Russia and the DPRK has been good Friends since Korea got its freedom from Japan after world War 2. With the way things are today in the world this Friendship is still important.
Yankee Imperialism in Korea, Russia and China needs to be checked and i am sure Yankee Imperialism and its Allies will lose everything
as can be seen in Ukraine today. A Multi-Polar World is already making good progress and China ,Russia and the DPRK are ready to make the BRICS countries a Force that will destroy Yankee Imperialism and its Allies.