Xi, Kim pledge to carry forward great traditional China-DPRK friendship through generations

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, and 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), jointly plant a fir tree in the wooded area between teaching buildings of the Central Cadres Training School of the WPK in Pyongyang, the DPRK, June 9, 2026. On Tuesday morning, Xi, accompanied by Kim, visited the Central Cadres Training School of the WPK in Pyongyang. (Xinhua/Yan Yan)