Present at the wreath-laying ceremony were Kim Yong Dae, vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly, Choe Chang Sik, minister of Public Health who is chairman of the Central Committee of the DPRK-China Friendship Association, Kim Song Nam, vice department director of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea, Kang Phyo Yong, vice-minister of the People's Armed Forces, Han Nam Chol, vice-minister of the People's Security, Kim Hyong Jun, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, officials concerned and working people in Pyongyang.

Also present there were Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK Liu Hongcai, his embassy officials, a delegation of the Ministry of Civil Affairs of China led by Vice-Minister Dou Yupei and a delegation of the Dandong Municipal Committee, Liaoning Province of the Communist Party of China led by Deputy Secretary Li Shumin, Chinese guests and students studying in the DPRK.

A wreath in the joint name of the C.C., the WPK, the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly and the DPRK Cabinet was laid before the tower.

Then the wreaths in the name of the Ministry of the People's Armed Forces, the Ministry of People's Security, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the Ministry of Foreign Trade, the Ministry of Culture, the Korean Committee for Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries and the C.C., the DPRK-China Friendship Association, the Pyongyang City Committee of the WPK and the Pyongyang City People's Committee, the Chinese embassy here, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of China, the General Political Department of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, the Ministry of Finance, the Ministry of Civil Affairs, the Dandong Municipal Committee, Liaoning Province of the Communist Party of China and the C.C., the Association of Chinese Residents in Korea were laid before the tower.

The participants observed a moment's silence in memory of the fallen fighters of the CPV, before going round the tower.

Wreaths were also laid before the cemeteries of fallen fighters of the CPV in Hyongjesan District in Pyongyang, Anju City in South Phyongan Province, Kaesong City and Onsong County, North Hamgyong Province.