Kim Jong-un visits Dandong, Liaoning Province, accompanied by Wang Huning

North Korean leader Kim Jong-un visited Dandong, Liaoning Province, China, via the new Yalu River Bridge today. China's official Xinhua News Agency confirmed the news in the evening, saying that Wang Huning, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference, accompanied Kim Jong-un on this visit and conveyed the greetings of General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Xi Jinping.

According to Xinhua News Agency, Wang Huning welcomed Kim Jong-un at the Square of the Memorial Hall to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea this morning and accompanied him to lay a flower basket at the Memorial Tower to Resist U.S. Aggression and Aid Korea. Kim Jong-un visited the memorial hall and presented historical photos with personal inscriptions to the memorial hall.

During the meeting between the two parties, Wang Huning said that Kim Jong-un made a special visit to Dandong on the occasion of "the 76th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers' mission to resist U.S. aggression and aid Korea." This reflects his cherishment of the friendship between China and North Korea, and also deepens political mutual trust and seeks cooperation and development.

Wang Huning said that China is willing to further promote the development of China-North Korea relations and take the opening of the new China-North Korea Yalu River Bridge as an opportunity to expand personnel exchanges and economic and trade cooperation. Strengthen strategic communication and collaboration to create a peaceful and stable external environment for safeguarding their respective sovereignty, security and development interests.

According to Chinese information, Kim Jong-un said that he made a special trip to Dandong this time to "express North Korea's heartfelt gratitude and eternal respect for the heroes who fought against the United States and aided North Korea." This year marks the 65th anniversary of the signing of the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance between North Korea and China. The prospects for cooperation between the two sides are very broad. The DPRK is willing to work with China to inherit historical friendship, expand practical cooperation, and bring benefits to the two peoples.

The report concluded that in the afternoon, Wang Huning accompanied Kim Jong-un to visit the automobile factory in Dandong, inspect the production workshop, and listen to the situation briefing. When Kim Jong-un left Dandong, Wang Huning went to the China-North Korea New Yalu River Bridge to see him off.

The Korean War was a large-scale war on the Korean Peninsula from 1950 to 1953. In the Chinese context, the Korean Civil War broke out in June 1950, and the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China made a decision in October 1950 to "resist U.S. aggression, aid Korea, and defend the country." Dandong is located on the border between China and North Korea. The 25th is the 76th anniversary of China’s dispatch of troops to support North Korea in the Korean War.