Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, arrived in Pyongyang on Monday for a state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Currently, relations between China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) stand at a new historical starting point.

In the early 2000s, Xi Jinping, then the top official of east China's Zhejiang Province, quietly told his aides during a rural inspection trip that he wanted to visit places that were not on the itinerary.

General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese President Xi Jinping held a welcome ceremony here on Friday for General Secretary of the Lao People's Revolutionary Party Central Committee and Lao President Thongloun Sisoulith, who is on a state visit to China.

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese president, will pay a state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK) from June 8 to 9 at the invitation of Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the DPRK.