Firsts of Xi's diplomacy in H1

 Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China and president, delivers a speech at a welcome banquet held by Kim Jong-un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, in Pyongyang, DPRK, June 20, 2019. [Photo/Xinhua]

8. Xi arrived in the Democratic People's Republic of Korea for a state visit on June 20, the first of its kind in 14 years. In his talks with the DPRK's top leader Kim Jong-un, Xi noted that the bilateral relationship has entered a new historical era.