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Wang Huning Leads China Visit to North Korea, Celebrates Treaty

7/14/2026

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Wang Huning will lead a party and government delegation to North Korea July 15-17.
He sits on the Politburo Standing Committee and chairs the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
The visit follows Premier Pak Thae-song’s three-day Beijing trip that began July 10, where he met President Xi Jinping.
Both delegations mark the 65th anniversary of the 1961 Treaty of Friendship, which contains a defense clause for mutual aid.

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Wang Huning will lead a party and government delegation to North Korea July 15-17.
He sits on the Politburo Standing Committee and chairs the Chinese People’s Political Consultative Conference.
The visit follows Premier Pak Thae-song’s three-day Beijing trip that began July 10, where he met President Xi Jinping.
Both delegations mark the 65th anniversary of the 1961 Treaty of Friendship, which contains a defense clause for mutual aid.