Minju Joson Wednesday says this in a bylined article.

The article goes on:

The treaty has made great contribution to the development of the DPRK-China friendship whose validity and vitality have been fully displayed for over five decades.

The Korean people are rejoiced as over their own over the fact that all things go well in China and extend wholehearted congratulations to the Chinese people.

It is the steadfast stand of the Workers' Party of Korea and the DPRK government to develop the DPRK-China relations of friendship and cooperation, precious wealth common to the two peoples.

The WPK and the DPRK government and people will always advance hand in hand with the Chinese people in socialist construction and the struggle to defend peace and stability in Northeast Asia and the rest of the world.

The DPRK-China friendship with excellent tradition and firm legal foundation will be everlasting down through generations as it has stood the test of history.

The DPRK-China friendship deeply rooted in the hearts of the two peoples will steadily grow stronger by their joint efforts.