中國網站品牌欄目（頻道）
A delegation of senior Chinese military officers, led by Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of China's Central Military Commission, paid tribute to Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) martyrs at the Tower of DPRK-China Friendship on Monday.
Choe Yong-rim, premier of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Yang Hyong-sop, vice-president of the DPRK Presidium of the Supreme People's Assembly and Kim Yong-chun, vice-chairman of the DPRK National Defense Commission, attended the mourning ceremony in Pyongyang.
Wreaths from leaders of the Chinese party and government, including President Hu Jintao and Premier Wen Jiabao and DPRK's top leader Kim Jong-il, were laid in front of the tower.
China will make efforts to develop and deepen the unbreakable China-DPRK friendship forged with the blood of CPV martyrs with the DPRK, Guo said.
The tower, a symbol of the DPRK-China friendship, was set up on Oct 25, 1950, to commemorate the CPV who entered the War to Resist United States Aggression and Aid Korea.
It was completed on Oct 25, 1959 and later expanded in 1984.
The government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea held a grand banquet on Sunday to mark the 60th anniversary of the entry of the Chinese People's Volunteers (CPV) into the Korean front.
Premier Choe Yong-rim of the DPRK's cabinet and Vice-Chairman Guo Boxiong of China's Central Military Commission joined CPV veterans and hundreds of others on the occasion on the eve of Monday's historic anniversary.
The CPV fought alongside the Korean army and people during the war, helped the DPRK win liberation and defended regional and global peace, said Yang Hyong-sop, vice-president of the Presidium of the DPRK Supreme People's Assembly.
He conveyed, on behalf of his country, warm greetings to CPV veterans as well as the Chinese army and people, adding that the DPRK is committed to enhancing its traditional friendship with China and passing it from generation to generation.
In his address, Chinese ambassador Liu Hongcai recalled the profound friendship forged on the battlefields between the two peoples and two armies.
He also said that their heroic feats contributed to upholding justice and opposing power politics, and their victory belongs to all peace-loving people across the world.
China will always remember all those who had given their lives for peace and make concerted efforts with the DPRK to promote regional and global peace and development, he added.
Before the banquet, Chinese delegates watched an adapted Chinese opera masterpiece performed by DPRK artists in Pyongyang.
（中國日報網英語點津 Helen 編輯）
Todd Balazovic is a reporter for the Metro Section of China Daily. Born in Mineapolis Minnesota in the US, he graduated from Central Michigan University and has worked for the China daily for one year.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
