Pyongyang, September 26 (KCNA) -- Premier of the DPRK Cabinet Choe Yong Rim, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, left here by a special plane on Monday to pay an official goodwill visit to China at the invitation of Premier of the State Council of China Wen Jiabao, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China.

He is accompanied by Ro Tu Chol, vice-premier of the DPRK, Ri Su Yong, chairman of the Committee of Joint Venture and Investment of the DPRK, Ri Ryong Nam, minister of Foreign Trade, Kim Sok Jun, minister of State Construction Control, Kim Pong Chol, minister of Commerce, Jang Chol, president of the State Academy of Sciences, Kim Song Gi, vice-foreign minister, and Ri Jong Chol, vice-minister of Metal Industry.