Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, delivers a speech during a welcome banquet hosted by 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 (DPRK), in Pyongyang, the DPRK, June 8, 2026. Xi and his wife Peng Liyuan attended the welcome banquet here on Monday. (Xinhua/Ding Haitao)