Pyongyang, October 1 (KCNA) -- Leading papers of the DPRK Saturday dedicate articles to the 62nd founding anniversary of the People's Republic of China.

The birth of new China was an important event that put an end to the past history of China recorded with misery and sorrow and a solemn declaration of the Chinese people's will to build new socialist China on its vast land, Rodong Sinmun says, adding:

China has made positive efforts to ensure peace and security in Asia and the rest of world and develop the friendly and cooperative relations with other countries.

The Korean people and the Chinese people are the close brothers and friends.

The invincible DPRK-China friendship with long historic roots and a good tradition is a precious heritage handed down by the revolutionaries of the elder generation of the two countries and the precious wealth common to the two peoples.

The Chinese party and government are paying deep attention to the development of the friendly and cooperative relations with the DPRK, attaching importance to them from a strategic viewpoint.

We feel grateful to the friendly Chinese people for having extended sincere support and encouragement to the socialist cause of the Korean people.

The Korean people will make all efforts to more energetically boost the traditional DPRK-China friendship in the future, too, as in the past.

Minju Joson in an article says that the DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations are now developing in all fields on a new higher stage under the deep care of the top leaders of the two countries and the traditional DPRK-China friendship will last forever along with the flow of the River Amnok.