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He expressed deep condolences over comrade Kim Jong Il's death and extended sincere comfort to the DPRK people.

Wen said comrade Kim Jong Il was a great party and state leader for the DPRK and an intimate friend of the Chinese people, saying Kim had made important contributions to developing China-DPRK friendly and cooperative relations.

Wen expressed the belief that the people of the DPRK, under the leadership of the Worker's Party of Korea (WPK) and comrade Kim Jong Un, will definitely turn their grief into strength and make new progresses in their drive to build the socialist country.

Jia Qinglin, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and chairman of the Chinese People's Political Consultative Conference National Committee, Li Keqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and Vice Premier, He Guoqiang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and head of the CPC Central Commission for Discipline Inspection, and Zhou Yongkang, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and secretary of the Committee of Political and Legislative Affairs of the CPC Central Committee, also went to the DPRK Embassy in Beijing.

DPRK Ambassador to China Ji Jae Ryong thanked Premier Wen and other Chinese leaders for coming to mourn the death of the DPRK's top leader.

Chinese State Councilor and Secretary-General of the State Council Ma Kai, State CouncilorDai Bingguo, Minister of Foreign Affairs Yang Jiechi, Minister of Commerce Chen Deming, Minister of Culture Cai Wu and Mayor of Beijing Guo Jinlong also joined senior leaders to express their condolences at the embassy.

On Tuesday, President Hu Jintao, who is also General Secretary of the Central Committee of the CPC and Chairman of the Central Military Commission, expressed his condolences at the embassy.

Hu was accompanied by Wu Bangguo, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee and the top legislator, Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, and Vice President Xi Jinping, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee.

Hu stressed that it is the persistent policy of the Chinese government and the CPC to continuously consolidate and develop the traditionally friendly relations with the DPRK.

The late DPRK leader passed away from "great mental and physical strain" at 08:30 a.m. Dec. 17 (2330 GMT Friday), on a train during a field guidance tour, the DPRK's official KCNA news agency reported Monday.

China on Monday sent a message of condolence to the DPRK over the death of Kim.