[Li Qiang delivered a video speech at the opening ceremony of the China-North Korea New Yalu River Bridge] October 15th, Premier Li Qiang delivered a video speech at the opening ceremony of the China-North Korea New Yalu River Bridge. Li Qiang said in his speech that the China-North Korea New Yalu River Bridge is an important cross-border infrastructure project that General Secretary Xi Jinping and General Secretary Kim Jong-un jointly care about and promote. With the joint efforts of both sides, the smooth opening of the bridge will not only effectively promote economic and trade cooperation between the two countries, but also further intensify personnel exchanges between the two sides and tighten the emotional ties between the two peoples. It will surely become a new landmark symbolizing the traditional friendship between China and North Korea. It is hoped that the two sides will take the opening of the bridge as an opportunity to continue to optimize port customs clearance, improve the level of interconnection, tap the cooperation potential in border areas, and continuously enhance the well-being of the two peoples. Li Qiang pointed out that China and North Korea are friendly socialist neighbors connected by mountains and rivers. Currently, under the strategic guidance of the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, China-North Korea relations are entering a new stage and opening a new chapter. General Secretary Xi Jinping pointed out that no matter how the international situation changes, the Chinese party and government’s firm position of attaching great importance to the traditional friendship between China and North Korea will not change, its firm support for General Secretary Kim Jong-un’s leadership of North Korea’s socialist cause will not change, and its firm determination to safeguard the common interests and good strategic environment of China and North Korea will not change. China is willing to continue working with the DPRK to implement the important consensus reached by the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, strengthen strategic communication, consolidate political mutual trust, expand practical cooperation, intensify multilateral coordination, promote the continuous deepening and development of China-DPRK relations, and better benefit the two peoples. North Korean Prime Minister Park Tae-sung delivered a video speech. The China-North Korea New Yalu River Bridge connects Liaoning Province in China and North Pyongyang Road in North Korea and is an important channel for interconnection between China and North Korea. (Xinhua News Agency)