Politics

The DPRK embassy in Beijing hosted a reception on September 8 on the occasion of the 77th founding anniversary of the DPRK.

Present there at invitation were Zhang Qingwei, vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of China, and officials of the International Liaison Department of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, the ministries of Foreign Affairs, Commerce, National Defense, Culture and Tourism, and Justice, the Supreme People's Court, the Ministry of State Security, the People's Association for Friendship with Foreign Countries and the Association for International Friendly Contact.

Present there were Ri Ryong Nam, DPRK ambassador to China, and his embassy staff members.

Speeches were made there.

Ri Ryong Nam referred to the exploits President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il had performed for the founding and development of the DPRK and the accomplishment of the socialist cause and the fact that under the outstanding leadership of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un the valiant mettle and inexhaustible staying power of the DPRK are powerfully being demonstrated and a new era of comprehensive national rejuvenation, in which the long-cherished desire of the people is translated into shining reality, is being ushered in.

The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un participated in the commemorations of the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War and performed immortal exploits for further strengthening the political trust and strategic cooperation between the two parties and the two countries and winning victory in the common socialist cause through the meeting and talks with Comrade Xi Jinping, he stressed.

Zhang Qingwei said that for the past decades since the DPRK was founded on September 9 1948, the Korean people have constantly achieved new successes in socialist construction under the wise leadership of President Kim Il Sung, Chairman Kim Jong Il and the respected General Secretary Kim Jong Un.

He sincerely wished that the fraternal Korean people would surely and successfully accomplish the tasks set forth at the Eighth Congress of the Workers' Party of Korea and further open up a new phase of the socialist cause according to the blueprint to be provided at the Ninth Congress of the WPK which will be held in the future.