Kim Jong Il, who was born on Mt. Paektu, the sacred mountain of revolution, as the son of the guerilla army and grew up to be the great revolutionary, wisely led the party, army and people for a long period and performed immortal revolutionary exploits on behalf of the country, people, times and history, the letter said, and went on:

He, the great defender of socialism and justice, conducted energetic external activities for the victory of the socialist cause, global peace and stability and friendship and solidarity among peoples under the uplifted banner of independence against imperialism and put the international position and prestige of the DPRK on the highest level, making immortal contributions to the human cause of independence.

It expressed the resolution to wage a dynamic drive to build the DPRK into a thriving socialist nation by thoroughly applying Kim Jong Il's patriotism to practical activities, firmly rally broad segments of Koreans in China around the general association and build up it into the patriotic ranks strong in the Juche character and national identity positively conducting the patriotic movement for reunification.

The General Association of Koreans in China will invariably hold Kim Jong Un in high esteem as the sun of the nation, lodestar of national reunification and father the way it followed Kim Jong Il, and will become the true patriotic organization remaining loyal to Kim Jong Un by contributing to building a thriving nation, the letter stressed.