Pyongyang, February 19 (KCNA) -- A meeting took place in Beijing, China on Feb. 14 to celebrate the 83rd birth anniversary of Chairman Kim Jong Il.

Present there were families of those related to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle, personages of various units of China including the Association for International Friendly Contact, and the DPRK ambassador to China and staff members of his embassy.

The participants laid a floral basket before the portraits of President Kim Il Sung and Chairman Kim Jong Il and paid tribute to them.

Speeches were made there.

Zhou Wei, daughter of Zhou Baozhong, Feng Songguang, son of Feng Zhongyun, Yu Ming, son of Li Zade, Yue Zhi-yun, daughter of Zhang Wei-hua's daughter, and Shang Xiaowei, son of Mentor Shang Yue, praised Kim Jong Il as an outstanding leader who made immortal contributions to the Korean revolution, the cause of global socialism and the development of the DPRK-China friendly relations.

They stressed that the exploits of Kim Jong Il who led the Korean people to advance along the road of glory without fear of ordeals and difficulties will be kept deep in the minds of progressive mankind.

They talked about the loving care and benevolence shown by Kim Jong Il for the families of those related to the anti-Japanese revolutionary struggle and expressed deep yearning for the tender-hearted father.

They affirmed that the desire of President Kim Il Sung and General Kim Jong Il would surely come true and the socialist cause of the DPRK would win a great victory thanks to Comrade Kim Jong Un, sincerely wishing the DPRK prosperity and its people happiness. -0-