Present there on invitation were Bai Lichen, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, Zhang Zhijun, executive vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Peng Kaizhou, vice-minister of Railways, Wu Donghe, chairman of the China-Korea Friendship Association, Yang Yanyi, assistant to the head of the International Liaison Department of the C.C., the Community Party of China, and other officials concerned.

Ambassador Ji Jae Ryong and staff member of the DPRK embassy in Beijing were present there.

Speeches were made there.

Ji Jae Ryong recalled that President Kim Il Sung and Premier Zhou Enlai signed the treaty 51 years ago, laying a solid legal foundation for steadily boosting the DPRK-China friendship.

He expressed belief that the traditional DPRK-China friendship would continue to develop in different fields thanks to the bilateral efforts as intended by the top leaders of the two countries.

Bai Lichen referred to the distinguished contribution made by General Secretary Kim Jong Il to the development of the DPRK-China friendship in his lifetime, noting he is rejoiced over the fact that the dear respected Kim Jong Un carries forward the tradition of the friendship.

He affirmed that China will as ever develop through generations the Sino-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations together with the Korean comrades in the spirit of inheriting the tradition, facing up to the future, building good-neighborly friendship and strengthening cooperation and provide the two countries and peoples with greater happiness.