China's 5th ranked Tsai Chi meets with North Korea's Kim Sung-nam... Party exchange and strategic communication discussion

Tsai Chi, a member of the Standing Committee of the Central Political Bureau and Secretary of the Central Secretariat, who ranks fifth in the Chinese Communist Party's hierarchy of power, met with North Korea's Kim Song-nam, international secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea, in Beijing on the 6th.

According to China's official Xinhua News Agency, Secretary Tsai had a meeting with Secretary Kim on this day and said, "China wants to work with North Korea to implement the important joint recognition of the top leaders of the two parties and the two countries, strengthen the leadership role of high-level officials, continue traditional friendship, and deepen mutual learning of party management and party governance experiences."

He then emphasized, "We hope to expand exchanges and cooperation in each field and close strategic communication, coordination, and cooperation to help ensure stable long-term development of socialist projects in both countries and promote regional peace, stability, development, and prosperity."

Referring to Chinese President Xi Jinping's visit to North Korea last June, he said, "We achieved a series of important joint recognitions with General Secretary Kim Jong-un, and led the development of China-North Korea relations to a new historical stage."

Secretary Kim responded at the event, saying, "The deep friendship and strategic guidance of the top leaders of the two parties and the two countries are a solid foundation and an inexhaustible driving force for the constant development of North Korea-China relations," and conveyed congratulations on the holding of the 5th plenary session of the 20th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China last month, Xinhua News Agency reported.

On the 3rd, Secretary Kim visited Beijing with the Workers' Party delegation, and on the 5th, he met with Wang Yi, a member of the Chinese Communist Party's Central Political Bureau and Director of the Central Foreign Affairs Office and Minister of Foreign Affairs, to reaffirm the will to deepen and develop North Korea-China relations.

Since Chairman Kim Jong-un visited China to attend the military parade marking the 80th anniversary of the Chinese People's War of Resistance Against Japanese Aggression and the Victory in the World Anti-Fascist War (Victory Day) in September last year, North Korea and China have been accelerating high-level exchanges.

Following President Xi's state visit to North Korea in June of this year, Chairman Kim visited Dandong, Liaoning Province, China, on the 24th of last month and met with Wang Huning, Chairman of the National People's Political Consultative Conference.

On the 2nd of this month, a delegation led by Xie Chuntao, Vice-Principal of the Central Party School of the Communist Party of China, visited North Korea and met with Workers' Party officials.