Accompanying them were Ri Kil Song, vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, and Li Jinjun, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK.

The guests looked round the body of the tower and group of sculptures, being briefed on the revolutionary exploits of President Kim Il Sung and leader Kim Jong Il.

They went up to the tower observation platform to have a bird's eye view of Pyongyang.

The Chinese foreign minister wrote in the visitor's book that "Advance of Korea is led centering on the people".

He and his party toured the Ryuwon Footwear Factory and the Okryu Children's Hospital on the same day.