Chinareadytotake"China-DPRKFriendshipYear"asanopportunitytopromotebilateralrelations:toplegislator_GuangmingOnlineChinareadytotake"China-DPRKFriendshipYear"asanopportunitytopromotebilateralrelations:toplegislatorZhaoLeji,amemberoftheStandingCommitteeofthePoliticalBureauoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)CentralCommitteeandchairmanofChina'sNationalPeople'sCongressStandingCommittee,holdstalkswithChoeRyongHae,amemberofthePresidiumofthePoliticalBureauoftheCentralCommitteeoftheWorkers'PartyofKorea(WPK)andchairmanoftheStandingCommitteeoftheSupremePeople'sAssemblyoftheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK),inPyongyang,theDPRK,April11,2024.(Xinhua/ZhangLing)PYONGYANG,April11(Xinhua)--ZhaoLeji,chairmanofChina'sNationalPeople'sCongressStandingCommittee,heldtalkswithChoeRyongHae,chairmanoftheStandingCommitteeoftheSupremePeople'sAssemblyoftheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK),hereonThursday.Zhao,alsoamemberoftheStandingCommitteeofthePoliticalBureauoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)CentralCommittee,toldChoe,amemberofthePresidiumofthePoliticalBureauoftheCentralCommitteeoftheWorkers'PartyofKorea(WPK),thattheChina-DPRKtraditionalfriendshipwasestablishedandcultivatedmeticulouslybytheeldergenerationsofleadersofbothpartiesandbothcountries.GeneralSecretaryoftheCPCCentralCommitteeXiJinpinghasrepeatedlysaidthattheCPCandtheChinesegovernmentattachgreatimportancetothetraditionalfriendlyandcooperativerelationsbetweenthetwocountries,andthatitisChina'sunwaveringstrategytomaintain,consolidateanddevelopbilateralrelations,Zhaosaid.Notingthatthisyearmarksthe75thanniversaryoftheestablishmentofdiplomatictiesbetweenChinaandtheDPRK,ZhaosaidthatGeneralSecretaryXiandWPKGeneralSecretaryKimJongUnhaveexchangedNewYearcongratulatorymessages,andjointlydesignated2024asthe"China-DPRKFriendshipYear"andlaunchedaseriesofactivities.ChinaisreadytoworkwiththeDPRKtoimplementtheimportantconsensusreachedbythetopleadersofbothpartiesandbothcountries,andtakethe"China-DPRKFriendshipYear"asanopportunitytointensifyhigh-levelexchanges,deepenmutuallybeneficialcooperation,promotepeople-to-peopleexchangesandstrengthenstrategiccoordination,soastopromoteChina-DPRKrelationstocontinuetomoveforward,Zhaosaid.ExchangesbetweenlegislativebodieshavebeenanimportantpartofChina-DPRKrelationsandlongplayedapositiveroleindeepeningbilateralrelations,Zhaonoted.ChinaisreadytointensifyexchangesandcooperationwiththeDPRK'slegislativebodiestohelpliftChina-DPRKtraditionalfriendlyandcooperativerelationstoahigherlevel,hesaid.Choesaidtheblood-cementedfriendshipbetweenthetwocountrieshasalonghistoryandprofoundfoundation,andisthecommonpreciousheritageandwealthofthetwocountries.UnderthestrategicguidanceofGeneralSecretaryKimandGeneralSecretaryXi,DPRK-Chinafriendlyrelationshaveenteredanewera,whichstronglydemonstratesthevitalityandunbreakabilityofbilateralrelations,Choesaid.TheDPRKiswillingtojoinhandswithChinatofollowtheguidanceofthetopleadersofthetwopartiesandtwocountries,andtaketheopportunityofthe75thanniversaryoftheestablishmentofdiplomatictiesandthe"DPRK-ChinaFriendshipYear"tocarryonanddevelopthetraditionalDPRK-Chinafriendship,deepenexchangesandcooperationinvariousfields,andpushforcontinuousdevelopmentofDPRK-Chinafriendlyandcooperativerelations,hesaid.ThetwosidesexchangedviewsontheinternationalandregionalsituationsandthesituationontheKoreanPeninsula.Afterthetalks,ZhaoandChoewitnessedthesigningofcooperationdocumentsinthefieldsincludingreciprocalexemptionofdiplomaticandservicevisas,mutualtranslationandpublicationofclassicalliteratures,customsquarantine,radioandtelevision,andpostaldelivery.TheyalsojointlyattendedthewelcomingbanquetheldbytheDPRKfortheChinesepartyandgovernmentdelegation.ZhaoLeji,amemberoftheStandingCommitteeofthePoliticalBureauoftheCommunistPartyofChina(CPC)CentralCommitteeandchairmanofChina'sNationalPeople'sCongressStandingCommittee,andChoeRyongHae,amemberofthePresidiumofthePoliticalBureauoftheCentralCommitteeoftheWorkers'PartyofKorea(WPK)andchairmanoftheStandingCommitteeoftheSupremePeople'sAssemblyoftheDemocraticPeople'sRepublicofKorea(DPRK),witnessthesigningofcooperationdocumentsinthefieldsincludingreciprocalexemptionofdiplomaticandservicevisas,mutualtranslationandpublicationofclassicalliteratures,customsquarantine,radioandtelevision,andpostaldeliveryaftertheirtalksinPyongyang,theDPRK,April11,2024.ZhaoLejiheldtalkswithChoeRyongHaeinPyongyangonThursday.(Xinhua/ZhangLing)Editor:DisclaimerTheviewsandopinionsexpressedinthisarticlearethoseoftheauthor's,GMW.cnmakesnorepresentationsastoaccuracy,suitability,orvalidityofanyinformationonthissiteandwillnotbeliableforanyerrors,omissions,ordelaysinthisinformation.