Wu is heading the delegation of the Chinese People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the China-Korea Friendship Association on a visit to the DPRK.

The delegation has deeply felt the bilateral friendship from the moment it arrived in the DPRK, he said, adding:

The bilateral friendship was provided by President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Mao Zedong and other Chinese leaders of elder generation.

This friendship is valuable legacy and asset handed down by the leaders of elder generation of the two countries.

The China-DPRK relations of friendship and cooperation deeply rooted in the hearts of the two countries are vigorously developing in all domains.

General Secretary Kim Jong Il visited China several times and shared in-depth views on the development of the bilateral relations and matters of mutual concern and reached important agreements with General Secretary Hu Jintao.

His China visits are of weighty significance in developing the traditional Sino-DPRK friendship onto a new higher stage.

Commemorations of the 50th anniversary of the China-DPRK treaty of friendship, cooperation and mutual assistance took place successfully and exchange of high-level delegations are brisk between the two countries.

This is a testimony to the fact that the two countries attach importance to the bilateral relations of friendship.

Touring different places of the DPRK during its stay, the delegation witnessed the indomitable and diligent Korean people working hard to significantly greet 2012, the centenary of birth of Kim Il Sung.

We wish the Korean people greater progress under the wise leadership of Kim Jong Il.

We will contribute to further promoting the development of the Sino-DPRK friendly relations and deepening friendship between the two peoples through diverse cooperation and exchanges.