Pak Thae Song, premier of the Cabinet of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), arrived in Beijing on Friday to pay a three-day official visit to China.

Pak, also a member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea and vice president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK, is leading a party and government delegation.

During the visit, Pak will attend a commemorative event marking the 65th anniversary of the China-DPRK Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance.