Present there were Zhang Zhijun, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Liu Hongcai, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, Ai Ping, deputy head of the International Liaison Department of the C.C., the Communist Party of China, Qiu Yuanping, deputy director of the Foreign Affairs Office of the C.C., the CPC, Wu Dawei, special representative of the Chinese government for the Korean Peninsula issue, and others.

Also on hand were Kang Sok Ju, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the WPK and vice-premier of the Cabinet, and Kim Yang Gon, alternate member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., the WPK.

Dai Bingguo courteously conveyed greetings of Hu Jintao, general secretary of the C.C., the CPC and president of the PRC, to Kim Jong Il and presented his personal gift to him.

Kim Jong Il thanked for this and asked Dai Bingguo to convey his regards to Hu Jintao before having a talk with him in a warm and friendly atmosphere.

At the meeting a talk was held over the issue of boosting the friendly and cooperative relations between the two countries and a series of issues of mutual concern.