Border bridge between China and North Korea will be opened after 12 years

Chinese Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Mao Ning stated at the press conference held in Beijing that the New Yalu River Bridge will be officially opened on October 15, and a joint ceremony will be held on the occasion.

Stating that China and North Korea are friendly neighboring countries connected by rivers and mountains, Spokesperson Mao expressed that they hope that the new bridge will provide an important infrastructure for bilateral connectivity and contribute to the welfare of the two peoples by facilitating economic, commercial and people-to-people relations between the two countries.

The construction of the 3-kilometer-long bridge connecting China's Dandong and North Korea's Sinuiju cities was completed in 2014, but the North Korean side was not put into service because the construction of connection roads, houses and environmental elements was not completed.

After North Korea closed its borders after the Covid-19 outbreak, train and plane services between the two countries only resumed in March this year.