Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un Visits Dandong City, Liaoning Province of PRC
Pyongyang, October 25 (KCNA) -- Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, visited Dandong City, Liaoning Province of the People's Republic of China and toured the "Memorial Hall of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea" on October 24 to mark the 76th anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) into the Korean front.
The memorial hall is a monument to great friendship that tells forever the sacred and excellent history and invincible unity of the DPRK-China friendship and always brings closer the peoples of the two countries, who forged their genuine comradely relations and militant friendship through the realization of the common ideal for socialism and the bloody struggle against the imperialist aggression and have creditably carried forward and developed them century after century and generation after generation.
Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un was accompanied by Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., WPK, Choe Son Hui, foreign minister of the DPRK, Ri Il Hwan and Kim Song Nam, secretaries of the C.C., WPK, Kim Tok Hun, first vice-premier of the DPRK Cabinet, Kim Yo Jong, department director of the C.C., WPK, Kim Jae Ryong, first vice department director of the C.C., WPK, and other senior Party and government officials and Ri Ryong Nam, DPRK ambassador to China.
Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the C.C., Communist Party of China and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, was on the spot to greet Comrade Kim Jong Un who visited the historic place where the CPV was dispatched and the friendship and unity of the two countries began.
Also present there were Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau and director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the CPC Central Committee and minister of Foreign Affairs, Liu Haixing, head of the International Liaison Department of the CPC Central Committee, Ma Zhaoxu, executive vice-minister of Foreign Affairs, Xu Kunlin, secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the CPC, Jiang Bing, secretary of the Dandong City Committee of the CPC, and other leading cadres in central and local areas of China and Wang Yajun, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK.
Comrade Kim Jong Un exchanged warm greetings with Wang Huning and cadres of the Chinese side.
A cute child presented a fragrant bouquet to Comrade Kim Jong Un who visited a frontier city of the PRC and a large number of children welcomed the head of state of the DPRK, waving the national flags of the DPRK and China.
Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed deep thanks for the enthusiastic welcome.
There was a ceremony of laying a flower basket at the Monument to Resisting America and Aiding Korea.
The national anthems of the DPRK and the PRC were played solemnly.
The flower basket was laid before the monument to pay respects to the great annals and history and remember the undying feats of the CPV officers and men.
Written on the ribbon of the flower basket were the letters reading: "The fallen soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers will be remembered forever. Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and President of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea".
Comrade Kim Jong Un paid tribute to the fallen soldiers of the CPV.
He said that the DPRK people would remember forever the glorious years when they fought together with the Chinese people and convey the eternal thanks to the Chinese people for helping our revolution at the cost of their blood generation after generation.
He went round the "Memorial Hall of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea", guided by Wang Huning.
Looking at the data and lots of exhibits vividly showing the great history, Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the memorial hall is a precious blood-stained verification of the invincible DPRK-China friendship. He affirmed the will of our Party, government and people to remember and defend forever the wonderful history in which the two countries went through the ordeals and firmly carry forward the invincible DPRK-China friendship forged at the cost of blood all the time.
Comrade Kim Jong Un presented a historic plaque with the photograph of the great leader Comrade Kim Il Sung on it in commemoration of his visit to the memorial hall.
Comrade Kim Jong Un wrote the letters on the plaque reading: "Righteous soul and spirit that defended peace are alive in the great picture of history.
I pay eternal thanks and respects to the fallen soldiers of the Chinese People's Volunteers, respectfully remembering their traces that connected the boundaries of the two countries with one territory. Kim Jong Un 2026. 10. 24".
After the visit, Comrade Kim Jong Un had a warm conversation with Wang Huning.
He said that it is a natural duty and obligation to remember the great years and history in reverence at the place where the CPV martyrs were dispatched, adding that it was a moment to recollect the preciousness of the DPRK-China friendship forged at the cost of blood. We will always remember the history when the excellent sons and daughters of the Chinese people helped our revolution at the cost of their blood and steadily and firmly carry forward the history of the DPRK-China friendship, he noted. And he extended thanks to esteemed Comrade General Secretary Xi Jinping for paying special and meticulous attention to his visit and asked to convey his warm greetings and best wishes to Comrade Xi Jinping and expressed deep thanks for the warm hospitality accorded by Dandong City and Liaoning Province.
Saying that the high international prestige and dignity of the People's Republic of China today are due result of the efforts and struggle of the Chinese people under the wise leadership of the Communist Party of China with Comrade Xi Jinping as its core, Comrade Kim Jong Un stated that the remarkable successes of the socialist neighbor are inspiring the Korean people in their struggle.
Courteously conveying the friendly greetings and best wishes of Comrade General Secretary Xi Jinping to Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un, Wang Huning said that Comrade General Secretary Kim Jong Un's visit to Dandong City and the "Memorial Hall of the War to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea" on the significant occasion of the 76th anniversary of the CPV's entry into the Korean front is of great significance in steadily carrying forward and developing the traditional China-DPRK friendship and militant fraternity.
Wang Huning hosted a reception in welcome of Comrade Kim Jong Un's visit to the PRC on the special instruction of Comrade Xi Jinping.
The reception proceeded in a friendly and comradely atmosphere.
That day, Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Dandong City Bus Factory.
He was greeted by a leading official of the factory.
The workers of the factory warmly welcomed Comrade Kim Jong Un's visit to their workplace.
Comrade Kim Jong Un went round various places of the factory to see different kinds of products.
Wishing the factory with glorious history and potentiality greater success, he sent sincere encouragement to the technical group and workers of the factory for their unremitting innovations and efforts.
He crossed the DPRK-China Amnok River Bridge to return home.
Wang Huning, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the C.C., CPC and chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, and other leading cadres in central and local areas of China accompanied Comrade Kim Jong Un to the middle point of the bridge to see him off.
Comrade Kim Jong Un was seen off by lovely children.
Comrade Kim Jong Un asked Wang Huning to convey his warm greetings to esteemed Comrade General Secretary Xi Jinping.
Enjoying a bird's-eye view at the middle point of the newly-inaugurated bridge, Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed expectation that the bridge would undoubtedly and correctly fulfill its historic mission of linking the two countries and firmly joining the minds of the peoples of the two countries.
Comrade Kim Jong Un had a photo taken with Wang Huning on the bridge and exchanged farewells with leading cadres of the Chinese side.
Comrade Kim Jong Un sincerely hoped that the Chinese party and government would carry on the course of the rapid development of the PRC with better and plentiful successes under the experienced and seasoned leadership of Comrade Xi Jinping.
Comrade Kim Jong Un's visit to the People's Republic of China on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers' entry into the Korean front will be recorded in history as a significant occasion of clearly showing the invariability and invincibility of the DPRK-China friendship and solidarity strong with the most genuine bloody ties and true comradely relations. -0-
The photos show Kim visiting a locations in China such as monuments, museum, a government meeting room, and what looks like a Chinese bus factory.
