Zhou Wei, daughter of Zhou Baozhong, the Chinese who was related to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, said that Kim Jong Il's reelection as general secretary of the WPK brought a rosier future to Korea and provided a sure guarantee for national prosperity.

The deputy manager of a trading co. ltd. in Dandong of China noted that Kim Jong Il's reelection was an expression of boundless reverence of the Korean people for him and this historical event brought great joy to the world progressives.

Kazuyoshi Hishiki who visited the DPRK at the head of the Japanese delegation of the Japan Consultative Council for Korean affairs praised Kim Jong Il not only as a peerlessly brilliant commander of Songun but as a genius of idea and theory and a political elder.

He expressed belief that the Korean people would open the gate to a thriving nation in 2012, the centenary of birth of President Kim Il Sung true to Songun politics of Kim Jong Il.