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PRC Anniversary Observed

Korean Central News Agency of DPRK

    Pyongyang, October 1 (KCNA) -- The Korean people extend warm congratulations and friendly salute to the fraternal Chinese people on the occasion of the 55th anniversary of the foundation of the People's Republic of China (PRC), say papers here Friday in editorial articles dedicated to the anniversary. The foundation of the PRC was an epochal event of a great turning point in the history of the Chinese people, Rodong Sinmun says, and goes on:
    It is high pride and self-confidence for the Chinese people that the PRC has covered a historic path of glorious struggles and steady victorious advance for the past 55 years.
    The new collective leadership of China led by Hu Jintao has made signal successes in the efforts to unite the Chinese people and lead them to build a comprehensively well-off society on the principle of "people first and governance for the people" based on the important thought of "three represents" and strikingly demonstrated the might of the country.
    The fourth plenary meeting of the 16th Central Committee of the Communist Party of China held recently adopted a resolution on increasing the party's ruling capacity. It called for maintaining the party's absolute leadership over the army, stepping up its overall building and promoting the cause of the country's reunification, considering it as an important strategic task of the ruling party to maintain the balanced development of defence build-up and economy and build modern and regular revolutionary forces.
    This is of great significance in increasing the party's leadership over all fields of the revolution and construction, developing the economy and national defence capability and converting China into a more powerful country as required by the developing revolution.
    China enjoys ever-growing prestige and influence on the international arena today. The Korean people are greatly pleased to see things going on well in China.
    The DPRK-China friendship forged and developed in the common struggle for independence and socialism against imperialism is now growing stronger under the deep care of the leaders of the two countries. This gives an impetus to socialist construction in the two countries and contributes to peace in Asia and the rest of the world.
    Minju Joson says that the Korean people rejoice over the achievements made in China as over their own and sincerely hope that the Chinese people would register greater success in their future efforts.