On March 23, 2024, Member of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and Director of the Office of the Central Commission for Foreign Affairs Wang Yi met with a delegation led by Alternate Member of the Political Bureau and Director of the International Department of the Workers' Party of Korea Central Committee Kim Song Nam in Beijing.

Wang Yi said that it is an unswerving policy and also the duty and mission of the CPC and the Chinese government in the new era to maintain, consolidate and develop the traditional friendship with the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK). China is willing to work with the DPRK to jointly implement the important common understandings reached between General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Kim Jong Un, make success the series of activities of the China-DPRK Friendship Year, expand pragmatic cooperation in various fields, and open up brighter prospects for China-DPRK relations.

Kim Song Nam said that the DPRK-China friendship is the common strategic wealth of the two countries. The DPRK appreciates China's support for its socialist cause and will also support China's measures taken on issues related to Taiwan, Xinjiang and Hong Kong, among others.