Chinese President Xi Jinping and Kim Jong-un, top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, exchanged congratulatory messages for the 70th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic relations between China and the DPRK.

In his message, Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, extended warm congratulations on behalf of the CPC, the Chinese government and the Chinese people, to Kim, who is chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, and through Kim to the WPK, the DPRK government and the DPRK people.