China has said it looks forward to a deeper and more practical relationship with North Korea, in the latest sign of warming ties between the two neighbours.
Foreign Minister Wang Yi made the remarks on Thursday (5 November) while meeting a delegation from North Korea's ruling party in Beijing, according to state news agency Xinhua.
The Workers' Party of Korea delegation was led by Kim Song Nam, director of the party's international affairs department, which handles party-to-party ties with China's Communist Party.
The meeting follows months of steady contact between the two sides. Wang visited Pyongyang in April, his first trip to North Korea in seven years, and held talks with his counterpart Choe Son Hui. In June, President Xi Jinping made a state visit to North Korea.
Last month, Xi wrote to Kim Jong Un saying China is ready to carry forward the traditional friendship between the two nations, consolidate mutual political trust, expand practical cooperation and maintain close communication.
Kim himself crossed into China last month on a surprise visit to the border city of Dandong, using the newly opened New Yalu River Bridge.
A Chinese expert on the relationship said the bridge has resolved a major bottleneck in trade logistics, and the trip pointed to a renewed push by both sides to strengthen their economic ties. China shares a land border with North Korea and has long been its largest trading partner.
The recent momentum marks a change from a few years ago. Relations faced strains in 2024 as North Korea deepened its ties with Russia, but the two sides have moved to restore their longstanding relationship since Kim attended China's Victory Day military parade in 2025.
Both countries now describe the relationship in warm terms, with Beijing emphasising practical cooperation and regular high-level exchanges.
The timing is notable. Later this month, China hosts the APEC summit in Shenzhen 18 - 19 November, where President Donald Trump has said a meeting with Kim is possible.
Whether or not that happens, Beijing's message this week is that its ties with Pyongyang are on a steady upward track, with party, government and leader-level channels all active at once.
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