It was seen off at the airport by Yang Hyong Sop, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea and vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly of the DPRK, Kim Song Nam, vice department director of the C.C., WPK, Lieutenant General of the Korean People's Army Ryom Chol Song, Kim Hyong Jun, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Ji Jae Ryong, DPRK ambassador to China, officials concerned, Liu Hongcai, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, and staff members of his embassy.