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President Jiang Leaves for DPRK on Visit
President Jiang Leaves for DPRK on Visit
Jiang Zemin, general secretary of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Chinese President, left Beijing Monday morning on a three-day official goodwill visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Jiang is invited by Kim Jong Il, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) Central Committee and chairman of the National Defense Commission.
Those who saw off Jiang at the Great Hall of the People included Li Peng, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Standing Committee of the National People's Congress (NPC), Hu Jintao, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice-President of China.
Other top officials who saw Jiang off at the Great Hall of the People were Tian Jiyun, vice-chairman of the NPC Standing Committee, Wang Zhaoguo, vice-chairman of the National Committee of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference (CPPCC), Fu Quanyou, member of the Central Military Commission and chief of the General Staff of the Chinese People's Liberation Army, and officials from the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, General Office of the CPC Central Committee, the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, the Central Foreign Affairs Office, the Ministry of Foreign Trade and Economic Cooperation, the Ministry of Railways and officials from the DPRK Embassy in Beijing.
Leading members of Jiang's entourage were Qian Qichen, member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and vice- premier, Zeng Qinghong, alternate member of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the Organization Department of the CPC Central Committee, Guo Boxiong, member of the Central Military Commission and deputy chief of the PLA General Staff, Wang Gang, director of the General Office of the CPC Central Committee, Dai Bingguo, head of the International Department of the CPC Central Committee, Liu Huaqiu, minister in charge of the Central Foreign Affairs Office, among others.
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