A grand artistic performance was given at the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium on the night of June 8 to welcome Comrade Xi Jinping, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and President of the People’s Republic of China (PRC), who is on a state visit to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK), opening up a bright prospect in the course of the DPRK-China friendship in the new era.

Respected Comrade Kim Jong Un , General Secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea (WPK) and President of the State Affairs of the DPRK, enjoyed the performance together with Comrade Xi Jinping.

Comrade Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju greeted Comrade Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan at the plaza of the Pyongyang Indoor Stadium.

When Comrade Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju appeared in the auditorium together with Comrade Xi Jinping and his wife Peng Liyuan, all the participants paid the highest tribute to the top leaders of the DPRK and China who are opening a new great history and a new brilliant turning point in the DPRK-China relations.

Comrade Kim Jong Un and Comrade Xi Jinping extended warm greetings to the enthusiastically cheering masses.

Present there on invitation were entourage members of the Chinese side including Cai Qi, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the C.C., CPC and member of the Secretariat and Director of the General Office of the C.C., CPC, Wang Yi, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., CPC, Director of the Office of the Foreign Affairs Commission of the C.C, CPC and Minister of Foreign Affairs, Liu Haixing, head of the International Liaison Department of the C.C., CPC, Tang Fangyu, Director of the Policy Research Office of the C.C, CPC, Dong Jun, Minister of National Defence of the PRC, Zheng Shanjie, head of the National Development and Reform Committee of the PRC, Wang Wentao, Minister of Commerce of the PRC, Wang Yajun, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, and his embassy members.

Among the audience were Kim Jae Ryong and Ri Il Hwan, members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and secretaries of the C.C., WPK, Kim Song Nam, member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., WPK, Choe Son Hui, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the DPRK, No Kwang Chol, Minister of National Defence of the DPRK, and other senior Party, government and military officials, officials of the Party Central Committee, ministries and national agencies, and officials, creators and artistes in the field of culture and arts, Pyongyang citizens, and young people and students.

The national anthems of the PRC and the DPRK were played.

The performance began with Chinese song “We Sing of Motherland” and Korean song “The Glorious Motherland”. Put on the stage were famous songs full of patriotism, revolutionary spirit and national sentiments of the DPRK and Chinese peoples in colourful and special artistic forms.

The famous songs of the two countries dealt with the ardent patriotism, the firm will for defending peace and the indomitable pioneering spirit the fraternal peoples have displayed in the long journey for building powerful socialist countries under the uplifted red flag, overcoming all challenges of history in the East of the earth. They added to the precious and close feelings of friendship between the peoples of the two countries who have demonstrated the tradition of comradely friendship and unity while devoting their precious blood and sweat to socialist construction through centuries with one noble idea.

The medley of Chinese songs “New World” and “Let’s Sing of the New Age” successfully represented the genuine encouragement of the DPRK people to the Chinese people who are making steady development and changes in the course of comprehensively building a modern socialist country under the leadership of Comrade Xi Jinping.

The performance ended with the finale “DPRK-China Friendship Is Everlasting”.

The performance won great admiration of the audience as it showed a world of solemn and fascinating art in harmony with beautiful and graceful songs and dances, Korean-style high-profile and seasoned acrobatic items highly appreciated at international circus festivals and special skills with kaleidoscopic lighting and background.

Comrade Kim Jong Un and Comrade Xi Jinping conveyed flower baskets to the performers who gave the successful performance.

The performance, which showed the deep trust and genuine friendship of the DPRK people with Comrade Xi Jinping and the fraternal Chinese people through cheerful artistic depiction, beautifully decorated another page of the history of friendship and solidarity between the DPRK and China.