Present there were Chairman Ho Jong Man and vice-chairpersons of the Chongryon Central Standing Committee, the chairman of the Central Audit Committee of Chongryon and officials concerned.

In his speech at the reception, Ho Jong Man referred to the honor of celebrating the 60th anniversary of Chongryon under the meticulous care of Marshal Kim Jong Un and expressed highest glory and heartfelt thanks to the great Generalissimos Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il and Kim Jong Un.

Chongryon is now entering a new historic stage of its development under the guidance of Kim Jong Un, he said, evincing the will to usher in a new heyday of the movement of Koreans in Japan with its 60th anniversary as a momentum.

There was a performance of the Kumgang-san Opera Troupe at the reception.