Five Big Events in Sino-DPRK Relations in 2006:

1. General Secretary Kim Jong Il paid an unofficial visit to China

2. Tang Jiaxuan, special representative of Hu Jintao, General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC and President of the PRC visited the DPRK

3. Cao Gangchuan, State Counselor and Defense Minister visited the DPRK

4. China and the DPRK jointly marked the 45th anniversary of the signing of the China-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance

5. The DPRK was hit seriously by flood

Five Big Events in Northeast Asia situation in 2006:

6. The DPRK launched missiles

7. The UN Security Council adopted Resolution No.1695

8. The DPRK conducted nuclear test

9. The UN Security Council adopted Resolution No.1718

10 Phase II of the Fifth Round Six Party talks was held