Xi highlights support for DPRK, cooperation

Grand welcoming ceremony, hundreds of thousands in Pyongyang warmly greet president during first day of his state visit

China would like to offer as much help as possible to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea to address its legitimate security and development concerns, President Xi Jinping said on Thursday.

Xi, also general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee, made the remark while meeting with Kim Jong-un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, during his two-day state visit to the country.