Xi greets Kim on reelection as WPK general secretary

Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, has congratulated Kim Jong-un on his reelection as general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, emphasizing joint efforts to write a new chapter for China-DPRK friendship.

In a congratulatory message to Kim on Monday, Xi said that Kim's reelection as general secretary of the WPK at its ninth congress demonstrates the high trust and wholehearted support from the party, government and people of the DPRK.

Xi hailed the new achievements that the DPRK had made in the construction of the socialist cause under the leadership of Kim since the Eighth Congress of the WPK, and said that the successful convening of the Ninth Congress of the WPK at a critical stage in the party and national endeavors holds significant importance.