He also received New Year cards from Li Jianguo, member of the Political Bureau of the C.C., the CPC and vice-chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress of the People's Republic of China, and Wang Jiarui, head of the International Liaison Department of the C.C., the CPC.

The New Year cards were conveyed to Kim Yong Il, alternate member of the Political Bureau and secretary of the C.C., the Workers' Party of Korea, by Liu Hongcai, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, on Friday.