He welcomed the new Chinese ambassador to the DPRK and had a warm talk with him.

He provided a dinner party for the ambassador.

Present there were Kim Yong Chun, vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defence Commission and minister of the People's Armed Forces, Kang Sok Ju, first vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and Jang Song Thaek and Kim Yong Il, department directors of the WPK Central Committee.

The party proceeded in a cordial atmosphere.