Present there on invitation were Chinese Ambassador to the DPRK Li Jinjun and his embassy members and Chinese students and guests staying in the DPRK.

Present there were Thae Hyong Chol, vice-president of the Presidium of the Supreme People's assembly, and officials concerned.

Thae Hyong Chol in a speech said that the establishment of diplomatic ties offered a historic occasion for developing the bilateral friendship onto a new high level.

The traditional DPRK-China friendship is daily developing with vitality under the deep care of Chairman of the State Affairs Commission Kim Jong Un and President Xi Jinping, he said.

It is the consistent stand of the Workers' Party of Korea and government of the DPRK to invariably carry forward and develop the bilateral friendship.

Li Jinjun said that the two countries overcame difficulties together in socialist construction and strengthened the militant friendship after the establishment of diplomatic relations.

The China-DPRK friendship that has become stronger with the passage of time and cannot be bartered for anything will be carried forward, he underscored.

He stressed the need to make a new and bigger contribution to bringing more wellbeing to the two peoples and the regional peace and prosperity in the spirit of the important agreement made by General Secretary Xi Jinping and Chairman Kim Jong Un.