At the invitation of Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese President, paid a state visit to the DPRK from June 20 to 21. Xi’s visit to the DPRK aims to consolidate and develop the friendship with the DPRK and strive for the political settlement of the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue.
CHANGCHUN, June 24 (Xinhua) -- China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) will embrace new opportunities for tourism, culture and education exchanges as China-DPRK ties have now entered a new historical period, said officials and professionals in northeast China's Jilin Province. The Senlinshan International Travel Service in Hunchun, a city on China's border with the DPRK and Russia in Jilin, has seen a growing number of Chinese tourists to visit DPRK this year, and it sends up to 10 tours to the DPRK every day, each with 30 to 40 tourists, said Yang Jingang, general manager of the travel agency.
BEIJING, June 20 (Xinhua) -- Chinese President Xi Jinping is traveling to Pyongyang on Thursday for a two-day state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) at the invitation of DPRK top leader Kim Jong Un. The trip, Xi's first as general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and head of state, will lend fresh momentum to the bilateral relationship, and help promote lasting peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula in changing times.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also the General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC), will pay a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) from June 20 to 21 at the invitation of Kim Jong-un, Chairman of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and Chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK. President Xi’s visit is of special significance as it comes at a time when the two countries celebrate the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations.
