They laid a floral basket before the portrait with boundless reverence for Kim Jong Il who made immortal contributions to the development of the DPRK-China friendship and the accomplishment of human cause of independence and paid tribute to him.

Meanwhile, staff members of the Chinese and Russian consulates general in Chongjin and Chinese in the DPRK laid floral baskets and bouquets before the portraits of smiling Kim Jong Il in the cities of Chongjin and Kanggye on the same day.