Xi Jinping in his message expressed thanks to General Secretary Kim Jong Un for sending him a congratulatory message first on his reelection as president of the People's Republic of China, and offered warm greetings and best wishes to Kim Jong Un.

General Secretary Xi Jinping said that he attaches great importance to the relations between the two parties and two countries, expressing his willingness to accelerate the development of the socialist cause of the two countries and promote regional peace, stability, development and prosperity by strengthening the strategic guidance over the China-DPRK relations in the new situation together with General Secretary Kim Jong Un.

Upon authorization, Wang Yajun, new ambassador of the People's Republic of China to the DPRK, handed over the verbal message, sent to General Secretary Kim Jong Un from General Secretary Xi Jinping, to Kim Song Nam, international department director of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, on Friday.