The respected Comrade Kim Jong Un, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), visited Dandong, Liaoning Province, People’s Republic of China (PRC), on 24 October and paid a visit to the Memorial Hall of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ entry into the Korean front.

The Memorial Hall of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea is a great monument to friendship, bearing enduring witness to the sacred and noble history and invincible unity of China–Korea friendship, forged in the bloody struggle to realise the common ideal of socialism and oppose imperialist aggression, and firmly carried forward across centuries and generations. It has always brought the peoples of the two countries closer together.

Comrade Jo Yong Won, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and Secretary of the Central Committee of the WPK; Comrade Choe Son Hui, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK; Comrades Ri Il Hwan and Kim Song Nam, Secretaries of the WPK Central Committee; Comrade Kim Tok Hun, First Vice-Premier of the DPRK Cabinet; Comrade Kim Yo Jong, Department Director of the WPK Central Committee; Comrade Kim Jae Ryong, First Vice-Department Director of the WPK Central Committee; other leading Party and government officials; and Comrade Ri Ryong Nam, DPRK Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to the PRC, accompanied him.

Comrade Wang Huning, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, was present to welcome Comrade Kim Jong Un as he visited this historic land—the place from which the Chinese People’s Volunteers set out for the front, and the starting point of China–Korea friendship and unity sealed in blood.

Comrade Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs and Minister of Foreign Affairs; Comrade Liu Haixing, Head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee; Comrade Ma Zhaoxu, Executive Vice-Minister of Foreign Affairs; Comrade Hao Peng, Secretary of the Liaoning Provincial Committee of the CPC; Comrade Zhang Bin, Secretary of the Dandong Municipal Committee of the CPC; other leading officials from the central and local authorities; and Comrade Wang Yajun, PRC Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary to Korea, were also present.

Comrade Kim Jong Un warmly exchanged greetings with Comrade Wang Huning and the Chinese officials who had come to welcome him.

A young child presented a fragrant bouquet to Comrade Kim Jong Un on his visit to a border city of the PRC, while large numbers of children waved the national flags of China and Korea to welcome the head of state.

Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed his profound gratitude for the enthusiastic welcome.

A ceremony was held to lay a floral basket at the Monument to the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea.

The national anthems of the DPRK and the PRC were solemnly played.

A floral basket, imbued with sincere reverence for the great era and history and with remembrance of the immortal exploits of the Chinese People’s Volunteers, was laid at the monument.

The ribbon on the floral basket bore the words: “We will remember the martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteers for ever. KIM JONG UN, General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea.”

Comrade Kim Jong Un remembered the martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteers and paid his respects to them.

Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the Korean people would remember for ever the glorious years in which they fought alongside the Chinese people, and would pass down from generation to generation their eternal gratitude to the Chinese people, who had helped the Korean revolution at the cost of their blood.

Comrade Kim Jong Un toured the Memorial Hall of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea, accompanied by Comrade Wang Huning.

Viewing documentary records that vividly portray the great history and numerous exhibits, Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the memorial hall was a precious testament, sealed in blood, to the invincible China–Korea friendship. He affirmed the resolve of the WPK, the DPRK government and the Korean people to remember for ever and uphold for ever the splendid history of overcoming trials together, and to carry forward for ever the invincible China–Korea friendship forged in blood.

To commemorate his visit to the memorial hall, Comrade Kim Jong Un presented a commemorative plaque bearing a historic photograph of the Great Leader Comrade Kim Il Sung.

Comrade Kim Jong Un inscribed the following words in his own hand on the commemorative plaque: “Within this vivid scene of great history pulse the righteous soul and spirit that defended peace. I respectfully remember the footsteps of the martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteers, who linked the frontiers of our two countries as one continuous mountain range, and offer them my eternal gratitude and respect. KIM JONG UN, 24 October 2026.”

After completing his tour, Comrade Kim Jong Un held a warm conversation with Comrade Wang Huning.

Comrade Kim Jong Un said that it was only right and a duty to remember with reverence the great era and history at the place from which the martyrs of the Chinese People’s Volunteers had set out for the front. It was a moment to reflect once again on the preciousness of the China–Korea friendship sealed in blood. He said that the Korean people would never forget, for generations to come, the history of the outstanding sons and daughters of the Chinese people helping the Korean revolution at the cost of their blood, and would carry forward the history of China–Korea friendship with vigour and firmness. He expressed his thanks to the respected General Secretary Xi Jinping for the special and meticulous attention given to their visit that day, and asked Comrade Wang Huning to convey his warm greetings and best wishes. He also expressed profound gratitude for the warm hospitality shown by Dandong and Liaoning Province.

Comrade Kim Jong Un said that the high international prestige and dignity enjoyed by the PRC today were the deserved outcome of the Chinese people’s effort and struggle under the wise leadership of the CPC, with Comrade Xi Jinping at its core. He added that the remarkable achievements being made in a neighbouring socialist country inspired the Korean people in their struggle.

Comrade Wang Huning warmly conveyed the cordial greetings and best wishes of General Secretary Xi Jinping to General Secretary Kim Jong Un. He said that Comrade Kim Jong Un’s visit to Dandong and tour of the Memorial Hall of the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea at this meaningful time—the 76th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ entry into the Korean front—was of great significance for continually carrying forward and developing the traditional China–Korea friendship and combatant comradeship.

At the special instruction of Comrade Xi Jinping, Comrade Wang Huning hosted a banquet in honour of Comrade Kim Jong Un’s visit to the PRC.

The banquet proceeded throughout in a friendly and comradely atmosphere.

On the same day, Comrade Kim Jong Un visited the Dandong Bus Factory.

The factory’s responsible official welcomed Comrade Kim Jong Un.

The factory workers warmly welcomed Comrade Kim Jong Un to their workplace.

Comrade Kim Jong Un toured various parts of the factory and viewed the products manufactured there.

Comrade Kim Jong Un wished the factory, with its fine history and potential, still greater success, and offered his heartfelt support to the unceasing efforts of its technical team and workers to innovate and press forward.

Comrade Kim Jong Un began his return journey across the China–Korea Yalu River Bridge.

Comrade Wang Huning, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference, and leading Chinese officials from the central and local authorities accompanied Comrade Kim Jong Un as far as the midpoint of the bridge and saw him off on his return to Korea.

Children bade farewell to Comrade Kim Jong Un.

Comrade Kim Jong Un asked Comrade Wang Huning, who had come to see him off, to convey his warm greetings to the respected General Secretary Xi Jinping.

Looking out over the view from the midpoint of the newly completed bridge, Comrade Kim Jong Un expressed his expectation that the bridge would undoubtedly fulfil its historic mission with distinction: linking the two countries and bringing their hearts closer together as well.

Comrade Kim Jong Un posed for a commemorative photograph with Comrade Wang Huning on the China–Korea Yalu River Bridge and exchanged farewell greetings with the Chinese officials.

Comrade Kim Jong Un sincerely wished that, under the experienced and seasoned leadership of Comrade Xi Jinping, the CPC and the Chinese government would continue along the path of the PRC’s rapid development, enriching it with ever greater and more abundant successes.

Comrade Kim Jong Un’s visit to the PRC on the occasion of the 76th anniversary of the Chinese People’s Volunteers’ entry into the Korean front will go down in history as a significant occasion that clearly affirmed the constancy and invincibility of China–Korea friendship and unity, founded on the closest ties of kinship and genuine comradely relations.

Political News Team of the Central Office