His historic maiden visit to China 30 years ago marked a historic occasion of great significance as it helped boost the DPRK-China friendship as required by the developing times, the article says, and goes on:

With his maiden China visit he laid a firm foundation for developing the friendship forged by the leaders of the elder generation of the two countries to meet the desires and interests of the Korean and Chinese peoples.

During the China visit he met leaders of the Chinese party and state including Hu Yaobang, the then general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, to deepen friendship with them. Making a long journey to the vast land of China he deepened understanding of China and fully encouraged the Chinese people.

When meeting the Chinese leaders he said that the traditional relations of friendship between the two parties and two peoples should be carried forward down through generations as the revolutionary struggle of the two peoples goes on steadily. He declared the steadfast will of the WPK that the Korean people will eternally advance together with the Chinese people in the drive for implementing the common cause to oppose imperialism and build socialism.

The Chinese leaders accorded warm hospitality to Kim Jong Il and expressed the will of the Chinese party and people to remain as reliable comrades-in-arms of the Korean people forever.

His maiden China visit set the stage for the DPRK-China friendship that has invariably developed generation after generation, greeting its heyday.

The visit has been recorded in the history as an event which fully demonstrated invincibility of the close friendship and solidarity between the two parties, two governments and two peoples and opened up a rosy prospect for the development of the DPRK-China relations of friendship.

The feats of Kim Jong Il for the development of DPRK-China friendship and human cause of independence are further shining thanks to the dear respected Kim Jong Un.