BEIJING, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Chinese Premier Li Qiang will attend the 80th anniversary celebrations of the WPK and pay an official goodwill visit to the DPRK from Oct. 9 to 11, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced Tuesday.
Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will lead a party and government delegation to the DPRK, said the spokesperson.
China and the DPRK are traditional friends and neighbors, and it is an unswerving strategic policy of the CPC and the Chinese government to maintain, consolidate and develop China-DPRK relations, said the spokesperson when asked about the backdrop and China's expectation of Li's upcoming visit.
Noting this year marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the WPK, the spokesperson said that China stands ready to work with the DPRK through this visit to follow the guidance of the important common understandings reached between the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, enhance strategic communication, strengthen exchanges and cooperation, and advance China-DPRK traditional friendship and cooperative ties.
201dberg - 2mon
Does China trade openly with the DPRK or do the follow some limited tade bullshit from all the US sanctions? I know Russia started to basically say fuck it and open more and more trade. If China opens full trade with them I feel like the stuff we see coming out of NK is gonna be pretty amazing. They have the workforce and the drive, the only thing that's held them back is lack of trade resources.
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rainpizza - 2mon
There is trade. However, I speculate that the extent is not reported to avoid eyes from the UN and the imperialists. Fortunately, if the trust on international organizations(example UN) controlled by the imperialists continue to erode, we will probably see trade even more openly to the point that the borders will open completely soon.
I highly recommend the book(Phillip H. Park, History of Economic Management in North Korea, Routledge, London & New York 2025) that I shared in a past post if you are interested in the topic of DPRK's economy.
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cfgaussian - 2mon
There definitely is trade happening between China and the DPRK. There are trucks and freight trains crossing the border daily in some places, in both directions. I've seen people post videos of this. So there definitely is some. What i'm not sure of is how much there is exactly and what kind of trade, but i have heard that a majority of the DPRK's trade is with China.
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Chinese premier to attend 80th anniversary celebrations of Workers' Party of Korea, pay official goodwill visit to DPRK
https://en.people.cn/n3/2025/1007/c90000-20374256.htmlBEIJING, Oct. 7 (Xinhua) -- At the invitation of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) and the government of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), Chinese Premier Li Qiang will attend the 80th anniversary celebrations of the WPK and pay an official goodwill visit to the DPRK from Oct. 9 to 11, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson announced Tuesday.
Li, also a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, will lead a party and government delegation to the DPRK, said the spokesperson.
China and the DPRK are traditional friends and neighbors, and it is an unswerving strategic policy of the CPC and the Chinese government to maintain, consolidate and develop China-DPRK relations, said the spokesperson when asked about the backdrop and China's expectation of Li's upcoming visit.
Noting this year marks the 80th anniversary of the founding of the WPK, the spokesperson said that China stands ready to work with the DPRK through this visit to follow the guidance of the important common understandings reached between the top leaders of the two parties and two countries, enhance strategic communication, strengthen exchanges and cooperation, and advance China-DPRK traditional friendship and cooperative ties.
Does China trade openly with the DPRK or do the follow some limited tade bullshit from all the US sanctions? I know Russia started to basically say fuck it and open more and more trade. If China opens full trade with them I feel like the stuff we see coming out of NK is gonna be pretty amazing. They have the workforce and the drive, the only thing that's held them back is lack of trade resources.
There is trade. However, I speculate that the extent is not reported to avoid eyes from the UN and the imperialists. Fortunately, if the trust on international organizations(example UN) controlled by the imperialists continue to erode, we will probably see trade even more openly to the point that the borders will open completely soon.
I highly recommend the book(Phillip H. Park, History of Economic Management in North Korea, Routledge, London & New York 2025) that I shared in a past post if you are interested in the topic of DPRK's economy.
There definitely is trade happening between China and the DPRK. There are trucks and freight trains crossing the border daily in some places, in both directions. I've seen people post videos of this. So there definitely is some. What i'm not sure of is how much there is exactly and what kind of trade, but i have heard that a majority of the DPRK's trade is with China.