BEIJING, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Communist Party of China Central Committee and Chinese president, held talks with Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers' Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), in Beijing on Thursday.

China and the DPRK are good neighbors, good friends and good comrades who share a common destiny and stand by each other, Xi said.

General Secretary Kim Jong Un came to China to attend commemorations marking the 80th anniversary of the victory in the Chinese People's War of Resistance against Japanese Aggression and the World Anti-Fascist War. This demonstrated the DPRK's firm resolve to safeguard the outcomes of the victory in World War II, and provided an important opportunity for the two parties and two countries to further develop friendly and cooperative relations, Xi said.  ■