Beijing, September 26 (KCNA correspondent) -- Premier of the DPRK Cabinet Choe Yong Rim, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, arrived in Beijing Monday to pay an official goodwill visit to the People's Republic of China.

Arriving together with him were Ro Tu Chol, vice-premier of the DPRK, Ri Su Yong, chairman of the Committee of Joint Venture and Investment of the DPRK, Ri Ryong Nam, minister of Foreign Trade, Kim Sok Jun, minister of State Construction Control, Kim Pong Chol, minister of Commerce, Jang Chol, president of the State Academy of Sciences, Kim Song Gi, vice-foreign minister, and Ri Jong Chol, vice-minister of Metal Industry.