Kim Ki Nam, secretary of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, met with visiting People's Daily Delegation, headed by Deputy Editor-in-Chief Yu Ning in Pyongyang, December 6.

Kim stressed that the Korea-China friendship was created and cultivated by the old generation revolutionaries of the two countries, which has withstood the test of history. This friendship will be constantly consolidated and developed with the loving care of General Secretary Kim Jong Il and CPC General Secretary Jiang Zemin, he said.

Kim also breifed Yu on the DPRK's current domestic situation, pointing out that the Korean people, rallying closely around the Korean Workers' Party Central Committee headed by Kim Jong Il, have set off an upsurge in the struggle for building a powerful socialist state.

The CPC, the Chinese government and people, have been consistently providing help and support to the Korean people, Kim said, adding that the Korean people sincerely wish that the Chinese people will achieve still greater progress in the cause of building socialism with Chinese characteristics under the leadership of the CPC Central Committee with Comrade Jiang Zemin at the core.