Chinese Premier Li Qiang, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, holds talks with Pak Thae Song, premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), also a member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and vice president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, July 11, 2026. (Xinhua/Zhang Ling)