PYONGYANG, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Yongkang, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), on Sunday visited the Mangyongdae residence of Kim Il Sung, founder of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).
Zhou, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, learned the revolutionary career of the late DPRK leader at his former residence on the outskirts of Pyongyang. He described the tour as a profound learning experience of the DPRK revolutionary tradition.
He noted that the DPRK was founded after the tough struggle of the DPRK people led by Kim Il Sung, who forged the traditional China-DPRK friendship together with Mao Zedong and other late Chinese leaders.
A great friend of the Chinese people and a great leader of the DPRK people, Kim Il Sung lives forever in the hearts of people of the two countries, Zhou said.
Zhou wished more success for the DPRK people under the leadership of the Worker's Party of Korea (WPK) with Kim Jong Il as its leader, and hoped the China-DPRK friendship be further developed in the new era.
He also talked with a policewomen at a traffic post in Pyongyang. He watched the changing of guard of the traffic police and visited the traffic control room.
Impressed by the manner and working style of Pyongyang's traffic policewomen, Zhou expressed his respect for them on behalf of China's traffic police.
Zhou also went to Mangyongdae Children's Palace, where he was greeted by the DPRK children. He visited classrooms of dance, swimming, accordion, calligraphy and embroidery.
In a calligraphy classroom, he watched a DPRK boy writing "the DPRK-China Friendship" in Chinese characters with a brush pen on a scroll, which was presented to him as a gift. Zhou also watched art performances of the DPRK children.
Children is the future of a country and the hope of a nation, he said, adding that he hopes the children of the two countries have more exchanges and deepen friendship, so as to carry on the China-DPRK friendship to future generations and jointly create a happier and brighter future.
Zhou arrived here Saturday morning for a three-day official visit.