Noting that the bilateral treaty, jointly signed by Premier Zhou Enlai and President Kim Il Sung in Beijing 61 years ago, was a great event in the history of relationship between the two parties and the two countries, the article said:

The conclusion of the treaty provided a political and legal foundation for both sides to steadily deepen their friendly and cooperative relations sealed in blood and reliably defend the regional peace and stability.

For the past 61 years, the two sides have made the traditional China-DPRK friendship consolidate and develop along with the times, deepening their mutual understanding in the spirit of the treaty and thus advanced the socialist cause, promoted the welfare of the peoples of the two countries and contributed to regional peace and prosperity.

The China-DPRK friendship, personally provided by the leaders of elder generation of the two countries in the struggle against the imperialists' aggression, is a precious wealth common to both sides.

In recent years, General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Kim Jong Un guided and promoted the China-DPRK relationship to enter a new historic period through their meetings and close exchange of opinions.

The two countries have positively promoted their cooperation in all fields and defended their common interests while supporting each other in the matter of mutual important and key concern and closely cooperating with each other on the international arenas, thus strikingly displaying the vitality of their friendship.

Under the leadership of the Workers' Party of Korea led by General Secretary Kim Jong Un, the Korean people are achieving fresh and important successes in their struggle to implement the decisions of the 5th Plenary Meeting of the 8th Party Central Committee in the spirit of self-reliance and fortitude.

China, as a good comrade and neighbor, will as ever continue to support the DPRK developing the economy, improving the people's living standard and accelerating socialist construction. And it heartily wishes the fraternal Korean people greater successes on the road of achieving the prosperity of the country and creating happiness.

No matter how the international and regional situation may change, invariable are the firm stand of the Chinese party and government to reliably defend the China-DPRK relations and consolidate and develop them on good terms, the Chinese people's feelings of friendship toward the Korean people and the support of China to socialist Korea.

Together with the DPRK, China will steadily develop the friendly relations in keeping with the requirements of the new era and desire of the two peoples by carrying into practice the important common understanding reached by the leaders of the two parties and countries and thus bring greater well-being to the peoples of the two countries and make a great contribution to the regional and global peace, stability and development.