China, as a friendly neighbor of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), always provides the DPRK with aid to the best of its ability, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC) said in Beijing Sunday.

"The newly established Tae-an Friendship Glass Factory, which was built with aid from China, is an innovative project in providing assistance to better people's life in the DPRK," Wang Jiarui, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, told a press briefing on Chinese President Hu Jintao's DPRK visit on Sunday.

"Both Chinese and the DPRK leaders highly praised the new pattern for providing assistance and agreed to continue similar cooperation in future," Wang said.

"China not only provides the DPRK with economic aid, but also helps it build factory. We will render help to the best of our ability when the DPRK faces difficulties." he said.

Wang said China's policy toward neighboring countries is to foster an amicable, peaceful and prosperous neighborhood.

"The policy can't be interpreted in a narrow way," Wang said, "China and the DPRK exchange views on developing domestic economy, science and technology and education, which are the embodiment of the policy," he said.

After ending the three-day official good-will visit to the DPRK, Hu returned to Beijing on Sunday morning. Wang was in Hu's entourage. While in Pyongyang, Hu held talks with the DPRK leader Kim Jong Il and the two countries signed an agreement on economic and technological cooperation.

Source: Xinhua