Rodong Sinmun says that his visit to China marked a significant occasion in further deepening the friendly feelings and comradely fraternity forged between the top leaders of the two parties and two countries. It goes on:

His latest China visit strikingly demonstrated the vitality of the DPRK-China friendship further developed last year, a "year of DPRK-China friendship".

His visit infused great pleasure and encouragement into the two peoples desirous of consolidating the bonds of bilateral friendship and steadily and vigorously developing the bilateral ties in the new century.

The visit, a historic event that recorded a shining chapter in the annals of the DPRK-China friendship, will greatly contribute to giving a powerful impetus to the sacred struggle of the two peoples for socialist construction and national reunification, achieving the peace and security in Northeast Asia including the Korean Peninsula and the rest of the world, strengthening the unity and cooperation among the progressive people aspiring after independence and advancing the human cause of independence against imperialism.

The Korean people are convinced that the Chinese people will build a comprehensively well-off society and make great progress in the efforts to reunify the whole country. The Korean people are rejoiced as over their own over the successes being made in China and extend firm support and solidarity to the just cause of the Chinese people.

The parties, governments and peoples of the two countries have actively spurred the DPRK-China friendly and cooperative relations, setting store by them. The Chinese party and government have always extended disinterested support to the just cause of the Korean people. The Korean people feel thankful for it.

The long-standing bilateral friendship with excellent tradition is growing stronger thanks to the deep care of the top leaders of the two countries.

The Korean people will make positive efforts with the fraternal Chinese people to consolidate and develop in depth the traditional DPRK-China friendship and intensify exchange and cooperation in all fields.

The great successes and brilliant exploit performed by Kim Jong Il in the days of his visit to China will be conveyed down through generations along with the history of the DPRK-China friendship.