Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju entered the banquet hall, guided by Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan.

All the participants in the banquet warmly welcomed the supreme leaders of the two parties and two countries.

Prior to the banquet, they watched a video on the activities of the leaders of the two parties and two countries who provided and nurtured the roots of the DPRK-China friendship.

The viewers were impressed by scenes showing the lifetime of the leaders of the elder generation including President Kim Il Sung, leader Kim Jong Il and Comrades Mao Zedong, Zhou Enlai, Deng Xiaoping, Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao and Xi Zhongxun.

At the banquet Xi Jinping made a congratulatory speech and Kim Jong Un made a reply speech.

The banquet proceeded in a comradely, fraternal and amicable atmosphere.

At the banquet there was an art performance specially prepared by Chinese artistes to welcome Kim Jong Un's China visit.

Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju conveyed a floral basket to the performers who showed hospitality through the excellent performance and mounted the stage together with Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan to have a souvenir picture taken with them.

Present at the banquet on invitation were Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the WPK, vice-chairman of the DPRK State Affairs Commission and vice-chairman of the WPK Central Committee; Pak Kwang Ho, Ri Su Yong and Kim Yong Chol, members of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee and vice-chairmen of the WPK Central Committee; Foreign Minister Ri Yong Ho, member of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee; and other officials accompanying Kim Jong Un and suite members.

Ji Jae Ryong, DPRK ambassador to China, and his embassy officials were also invited.

Attending it were Li Keqiang, premier of the State Council of the PRC and Wang Huning, member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, who are members of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Wang Qishan, vice-president of the PRC, Ding Xuexiang, member of the Political Bureau, member of the Secretariat and director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Yang Jiechi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Guo Shengkun, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the Political and Legal Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee, Huang Kunming, member of the Political Bureau, member of the Secretariat and head of the Publicity Department of the CPC Central Committee, Cai Qi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPC, Wang Yi, member of the State Council and minister of Foreign Affairs, Song Tao, head of the International Liai

son Department of the CPC Central Committee, and other officials of the Chinese party and government.