Kim Jong Un, the respected Supreme Leader of the party, state and army of the DPRK, went round the institute, together with Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and vice-chairman of the C.C., WPK, Pak Pong Ju, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK, vice-chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and premier of the Cabinet, Ri Su Yong, Kim Yong Chol and Pak Thae Song, members of the Political Bureau and vice-chairmen of the C.C., WPK, Ri Yong Ho, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK and minister of Foreign Affairs, No Kwang Chol, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., WPK and minister of the People's Armed Forces, and other officials and suite members and Ji Jae Ryong, DPRK ambassador to China.

Accompanying him were Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and member of the CPC Central Committee Secretariat, Cai Qi, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., CPC and secretary of the Beijing Municipal Committee of the CPC, Song Tao, head of the International Liaison Department of the C.C., CPC, Chen Jining, mayor of Beijing, and Li Jinjun, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK.

The Supreme Leader was greeted by Tang Huajun, president of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences, and leading officials of the State Agricultural Sci-tech Innovation Institute.

Going round the modern agricultural technology exhibition centre, the green vegetables cultivation technology research centre, the fruit vegetables cultivation technology research centre, the urban agriculture research centre, the residential area agriculture application exhibition centre and other places, Kim Jong Un learned in real earnest about the successes and experience gained in the researches of agricultural science and technology.

He noted with high appreciation that the research group of the institute has registered good successes in science and technology researches conducive to the agricultural development of the country.

He expressed thanks to leading officials of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences and the institute for their kind explanation and guidance.

He made an autograph in memory of his visit as following:

"I greatly admire at the good research successes gained by you. Kim Jong Un. June 20, 2018".

The institute presented to Kim Jong Un flowering plants which it cultivated as a gift.