Choe Ryong-hae (middle) visits the Beijing Economic and Technological Development Area on Thursday. (Photo: Reuters)

Liu Yunshan, First Secretary of the Central Secretariat of the Communist Party of China and President of the CPC Central Party School held talks on Thursday in Beijing with Choe Ryong Hae, Politburo Presidium of the Central Committee Workers' Party of Korea and special envoy of North Korea leader Kim Jong-Un. Yunshan said peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula are in the interests of all the countries in the region. Choe Ryong Hae praised Chinese efforts to maintain peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula. North Korea seems ready to hold further talks.