Kim Jong Un visits Dandong with Wang Huning and returns via the new Yalu River bridge, without meeting Xi.
On 24 October (eve of the 76th anniversary of the Chinese People's Volunteers entering the Korean War), WPK General Secretary Kim Jong Un visited Dandong, Liaoning. CPPCC Chairman Wang Huning accompanied him and conveyed Xi Jinping's greetings; they laid flower baskets at the War to Resist US Aggression and Aid Korea memorial tower, toured the memorial hall and held a meeting, attended by Wang Yi and others. Wang said the New Yalu River Bridge, opened on 15 October, should help expand people-to-people and trade ties; Kim wished success for the CPC's upcoming Fifth Plenum of the 20th Central Committee. Kim toured Dandong's bus factory in the afternoon before returning via the bridge. Yonhap said it was his sixth China visit since taking power and the first without meeting Xi.
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