On display at its venue are photos on the activities conducted by General Secretary Kim Jong Il for the development of the DPRK-China friendly relations during his visit to China. They include pictures of him meeting with President Hu Jintao and senior party and state officials of China and touring various places.

Also displayed are photos showing the glorious history of the CPC.

Present there were Choe Thae Bok, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea, Kim Jong Suk, chairperson of the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, Minister of Public Health Choe Chang Sik, chairman of the C.C., the DPRK-China Friendship Association, and others.

Also on hand were Ambassador Liu Hongcai and staff members of the Chinese embassy here, Chinese students and residents and Chinese guests staying in the DPRK.

Choe Chang Sik in a speech said that with the foundation of the CPC the Chinese people came to have the staff of the revolution for the first time in history and covered the glorious course of struggle and creation under the banner of the Party.

The DPRK-China relations of friendship are continuing to develop on good terms under the deep care of Kim Jong Il and Hu Jintao, he said, declaring that the DPRK will make every possible effort to develop these relation.

Liu Hongcai said in a speech that General Secretary Kim Jong Il visited China again some days ago and shared with General Secretary Hu Jintao an important mutual understanding on inheriting the baton of friendship between the two countries.

He expressed belief that the photo exhibition would offer an opportunity of knowing better about the history of the CPC and contribute to carrying forward and developing the Sino-DPRK friendship sealed in blood.