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TheKim–Xi meetings were a series of summits betweenNorth Korea andChina during 2018, 2019 and 2025. North Korean leaderKim Jong Un met with Chinese leaderXi Jinping on March 25–28, 2018. Xi made a classified invitation to Kim to visit China, after which Kim visitedBeijing and used his bullet proof train to travel to the three-day meeting. It is his first known foreign diplomatic trip since taking power.[1] Kim and Xi had a second surprise meeting on May 7–8, 2018 in the city ofDalian.[2] Kim and Xi had a third surprise meeting on June 19–20, 2018. They had a fourth surprise meeting on January 7–10, 2019 in Beijing, followed by a fifth official North Korea and China summit June 20–21, 2019 inGovernment Complex No. 1 inPyongyang.[3][4][5]
| Date | March 25–28, 2018 (2018-03-25 –2018-03-28) |
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| Location | Zhongnanhai,Beijing, China |
| Participants |  Xi Jinping(General Secretary) Kim Jong Un(Chairman) |
The first China–North Korea meeting in 2018 was organized by the invitation from Xi Jinping,General Secretary of the Chinese Communist Party. During the meeting between the two heads of state, Kim Jong Un officially invited Xi Jinping to Pyongyang at a time convenient for him, and Xi accepted the invitation.[6]During the confidential summit schedule, Xi presented and explained the list of the presents to Kim, who also prepared several gifts and described their details for Xi.[7] Xi urged Kim to strengthen the strategic and diplomatic future partnership between China and North Korea. Kim stressed to Xi that North Korea and China are long-establishedsocialist countries and that there are many ways to cooperate in various aspects in the future.[8]
Regarding North Koreanuclear weapons crisis with a diplomatic solution andBeijing's issue with theUnited States trade war, the two leaders meeting might be substantial leverage for answering to a puzzle of resolution to both two long-lasting socialist countries.[9]
The Chinese state news agency,Xinhua, quoted Kim's statement: "The issue of denuclearization of theKorean Peninsula is resolved, and South Korea and the United States respond to our efforts with goodwill, create an atmosphere of peace and stability while taking progressive and synchronous measures for the realization of peace." U.S. PresidentTrump's new national security advisor,John Bolton, stated he would not adopt the unreasonable solution, which included sheer costs for North Korea's denuclearization (e.g., withdrawal of U.S. troops from theKorean peninsula or mutualdenuclearization for both the North Korea andUnited States) after Kim-Xi summit.[10]
| Date | May 7–8, 2018 (2018-05-07 –2018-05-08) |
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| Location | Dalian,Liaoning, China |
| Participants | Xi Jinping(General Secretary)Kim Jong Un(Chairman) |
Kim Jong Un met Xi Jinping for the second time inDalian, Liaoning on May 7–8, 2018.[11] The two leaders discussed how to cooperate at the communist level on denuclearization, and peace on the Korean peninsula. They also discussedChina–DPRK relations and significant issues of common concern, Xinhua reported. U.S. President Trump emphasized that China should cooperate with the U.S.'s continued implementation of economic sanctions, with commercial and financial penalties on North Korea until it permanently dismantles itsnuclear weapons andICBM missile programs. This was the second time CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping had met Kim Jong Un in two months, and Xi Jinping reaffirmed hisstate visit to Pyongyang by the end of 2018.[12]
| Date | June 19–20, 2018 (2018-06-19 –2018-06-20) |
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| Location | Zhongnanhai,Beijing, China |
| Participants | Xi Jinping(General Secretary)Kim Jong Un(Chairman) |
Kim Jong Un met with Xi Jinping in Beijing on June 19–20, 2018.[13][14] Kim was speculated to have sought advice from Xi about a future, mutually beneficial negotiation strategy between the DPRK and United States.[15]
| Date | January 7–10, 2019 (2019-01-07 –2019-01-10) |
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| Location | Zhongnanhai,Beijing, China |
| Participants | Xi Jinping(General Secretary)Kim Jong Un(Chairman) |
Kim Jong Un met with Xi Jinping in Beijing on January 7–10, 2019.[16] The trip began on Kim's 35th birthday. It is suspected by many that Kim Jong Un was briefing Xi Jinping on the upcomingTrump-Kim summit in Hanoi, Vietnam and seeking advice. Kim transited China via train during the journey to Vietnam.
| Date | June 20–21, 2019 (2019-06-20 –2019-06-21) |
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| Location | Government Complex No. 1,Pyongyang, North Korea |
| Participants | Xi Jinping(General Secretary)Kim Jong Un(Chairman) |
Xi Jinping visited Kim Jong Un in the North Korean capital of Pyongyang on June 20–21, 2019.[17] It was the first official visit by a Chinese leader to the country sinceHu Jintao's visit 14 years prior and the first one for Xi personally since his visit to North Korea asVice President andCCP Politburo Standing Committee member in 2008.[18][19][20] Xi Jinping was met atPyongyang International Airport by Chairman Kim where he received full military honours including a21-gun salute and a march-past by theSupreme Guard Command Honor Guard Battalion and theCentral Military Band of the Korean People's Army. He also became the first Chinese leader to visit theKumsusan Palace of the Sun. The following evening, Xi and Kim witnessed a performance of theKorean People's Army State Merited Chorus and Symphony Orchestra at the reopening of the 2019Arirang Mass Games atRungrado 1st of May Stadium.[21]
| Date | September 2–4, 2025 (2025-09-02 –2025-09-04) |
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| Location | Beijing, China |
| Participants | Xi Jinping(General Secretary)Kim Jong Un(General Secretary) |
On September 2, 2025, Kim Jong Un, accompanied by many other North Korean dignitaries, traveled to Beijing by special train to attend the 80th anniversary of theChina Victory Day Parade, marking his first visit to China since 2019, as well as the first time he attended a multilateral event. At about 8:18 am on September 3, Kim Jong Un arrived at Duanmen Gate on the north side ofTiananmen Square to attend the military parade. During the visit, he met with CCP General Secretary Xi Jinping.[22]
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