Kim Jong Il pays unofficial visit to China
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2004-04-21 16:04

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 Commission Jiang 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 at the 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 CPC Central 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 Ju and Vice Chairman of the National Defense Commission Yon Hyong Muk and First Vice Foreign Minister Kang Sok Ju. Kim Yong Chun and Kang Sok Ju also attended the talks between Hu Jintao and Kim Jong Il.

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.

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