They helped farmers in transplanting rice and talked with farm officials, deepening friendship.

Noting that President Hu Jintao and General Secretary Kim Jong Il declared as a "year of China-DPRK friendship" this year marking the 60th anniversary of the establishment of bilateral diplomatic relations, the ambassador called for building more beautiful future of the cooperative relations between the two countries as intended by their top leaders.

The Korean people are waging the dynamic drive to open the gate to a great prosperous and powerful nation in 2012 under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il, he said, hoping that the farm would gain great success in agricultural production for this year.

The staff members of the embassy handed farming materials to the farm.