Present at the meeting were Vice Secretary General Zhou Xinzheng and officials of the China Association for International Friendly Contact, a veteran of the Chinese People's Volunteers, Zhou Wei, daughter of Zhou Baozhong, Ji Jae Ryong, DPRK ambassador to China. and his embassy members.

The speakers praised Kim Jong Il for building socialism and developing the DPRK-China friendly relations.

They said Supreme Leader Kim Jong Un visited China several times and that the DPRK-China relations enjoy a new heyday through the historic meetings of the supreme leaders of the two parties and the two countries.

They vowed to make positive efforts for the development of friendly relations between the two countries true to the soul of elder generations this year marking the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between the DPRK and China.