Chinese President Xi Jinping and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un watched a march-past together during a grand welcome ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on 8 June 2026, as Xi's state visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea officially commenced.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, accompanied by DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, inspected the honour guard of the three services of the Korean People's Army during the grand welcome ceremony at Kim Il Sung Square, Pyongyang, on 8 June 2026.
Standing alongside DPRK leader Kim Jong Un, Chinese President Xi Jinping reviewed the honour guard of all three services of the Korean People's Army at the welcome ceremony held at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on 8 June 2026.
A grand welcome ceremony was staged at Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang on 8 June 2026, where DPRK leader Kim Jong Un personally accompanied Chinese President Xi Jinping during the inspection of the Korean People's Army honour guard.
The welcome proceedings in Pyongyang on 8 June 2026 included Chinese President Xi Jinping and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un jointly reviewing the honour guard representing all three services of the Korean People's Army at Kim Il Sung Square.
The joint inspection of the Korean People's Army honour guard by Chinese President Xi Jinping and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un at Kim Il Sung Square on 8 June 2026 signalled the formal opening of Xi's state visit to North Korea.
At the Kim Il Sung Square ceremony in Pyongyang on 8 June 2026, DPRK leader Kim Jong Un hosted Chinese President Xi Jinping for a full honour guard review of the Korean People's Army's three branches, underscoring the depth of bilateral ties.
Side by side at Kim Il Sung Square, Chinese President Xi Jinping and DPRK leader Kim Jong Un reviewed the Korean People's Army honour guard on 8 June 2026, in a display widely seen as a reaffirmation of China-DPRK strategic solidarity.
Chinese President Xi Jinping, also General Secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, touched down in Pyongyang on 8 June 2026 for a state visit to the DPRK. He and his wife Peng Liyuan were received at the airport by DPRK leader Kim Jong Un and his wife Ri Sol Ju.