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UPDATED: 14:26, June 25, 2004
Kim Jong Il pays unofficial visit to China
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Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the National Defense Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), paid an unofficial visit to China from April 19 to 21 at the invitation of Hu Jintao, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and president of China.

A spokesman with the International Department of the CPC Central Committee made the announcement here Wednesday.

During the visit, Hu held talks with Kim at the Great Hall of the People and hosted a welcoming banquet in honor of Kim and other DPRK guests. Chairman of China's Central Military CommissionJiang Zemin met with Kim. Member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the Standing Committee of China's National People's Congress Wu Bangguo, Member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee and Premier Wen Jiabao, Member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC) Jia Qinglin, and Member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee and Vice-President Zeng Qinghong met with Kim respectively. Leaders of the two parties and the two countries, amid a cordial, friendly and candid atmosphere, briefed each other on their respective domestic conditions, and exchanged views and reached wide-ranging consensus on further developing the relations between the two parties and the two countries, international and regional situations and the nuclear issue of the Korean Peninsula.

Member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese Vice-Premier Huang Ju greeted Kim atthe Diaoyutai State Guesthouse after Kim arrived in Beijing.

Participating in the talks and attending the banquet on the Chinese side were Zeng Qinghong, member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC central Committee and Chinese vice-president; Wang Gang, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPCCentral Committee; Tang Jiaxuan, Chinese state councilor; Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee; and Dai Bingguo, vice-foreign minister.

Also attending the banquet were Huang Ju, member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese vice-premier; Wu Guanzheng, member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Chinese Communist Party of China; Li Changchun, member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee; Luo Gan, member of the Political Bureau Standing Committee of the CPC Central Committee, Liu Qi, member of Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Beijing Municipal Committee; Guo Boxiong, member of Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice-chairman of Central Military Commission;Zeng Peiyan, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese vice-premier and Wu Donghe, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK.

Liu Yunshan, member of Political Bureau of CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee; and He Guoqiang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and member of the Secretariat of the CPC Central Committee also attended the meeting between Zeng Qinghong and Kim Jong Il.

Kim's entourage included Member of the National Defense Commission and Chief of the General Staff of the Korean People's Army Kim Yong Chun; Premier of the Cabinet of the DPRK Pak Bong Juand Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission Yon Hyong Mukand First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju. Kim Yong Chun and Kang Sok Ju also attended the talks between Hu Jintao and Kim JongIl.

During Kim's China tour, he also visited Tianjin Municipality, accompanied by Zhang Lichang, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the CPC Tianjin Municipal Committee.

Kim was satisfied with the results of his China tour and extended his sincere gratitude to the Chinese side for the warm reception and hospitality, the spokesman said.

Backgrounder: Kim Jong-il's three visits to China
The top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) Kim Jong-il paid an informal visit to China from April 19 to 21.

Kim, general-secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) andchairman of the National Defense Commission of the DPRK, made the visit as guest of Chinese President Hu Jintao, who is also general-secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC).

This is Kim's third informal visit to China since 2000. The twoprevious visits were made from May 29 to 31 in 2000, and Jan. 15 to 20 in 2001, respectively, both at the invitation of the then general-secretary of the CPC Central Committee and Chinese President Jiang Zemin.

During his first visit, Kim held talks with Jiang at the Great Hall of the People. In a cordial and friendly atmosphere, top leaders of the two countries exchanged views and reached consensuson major issues of common concern, including the further development of inter-party and inter-state relations and international and regional situation.

The two sides believed that under the complicated internationalsituation at the turning point of the century, the consolidation and development of China-DPRK friendly relations is not only in the common aspiration and fundamental interests of the two peoples,but also conducive to peace and stability in the region and the world at large.

The two sides pledged that the two countries and two parties would make joint efforts, uphold traditions, face up to the future,keep good neighborly friendship and strengthen cooperation. Besides, the two sides would continuously enrich the connotation of China-DPRK friendly cooperative relations, so as to usher the bilateral friendly relations into the new century and bring them to a new level.

During Kim's second visit, he first had a four-day visit to Shanghai. After the Shanghai visit, Jiang held talks with Kim at the Great Hall of the People, and held a welcome banquet for him and his delegation.

The two leaders briefed other each on respective domestic situation in an amiable and friendly atmosphere, and exchanged views and reached broad consensus on the further development of bilateral relations and major international issues of common concern.

The two sides held that China and the DPRK should keep the tradition of exchanging visits of high-level leaders between the two countries and two parties, and make more efforts to further consolidate, develop and deepen the traditional friendship nurtured by elder generation of leaders of the two countries, in abid to promote the bilateral friendly relations to a higher level.The two sides believed that all these efforts meet the common aspiration and fundamental interest of the two peoples, and are also conducive to regional and world peace, stability and prosperity.

Source: Xinhua

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