The vice-chairman said that the traditional Sino-DPRK friendship provided by the leaders of the elder generation is growing stronger under the deep care of the top leaders of the two countries.

It is of weighty importance for socialist construction in the two countries to boost the exchange and cooperation between the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference and the Democratic Front for the Reunification of Korea, he noted.

He expressed belief that the fraternal Korean people under the leadership of General Secretary
Kim Jong Il would open the gate to a thriving nation in 2012, the centenary of birth of President
Kim Il Sung.