国内英语新闻:Senior CPC official attends evening gala marking 65th birthday of DPRK's ruling party

PYONGYANG, Oct. 10 (Xinhua) -- Zhou Yongkang, a senior official of the Communist Party of China (CPC), attended a grand evening gala held to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on Sunday evening.

Zhou, a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the CPC Central Committee, secretary of the CPC Central Commission of Political and Legal Affairs, was on a three-day official visit to the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

Zhou watched the performance on the Kim Il Sung Square with Kim Jong Il, top leader of the DPRK and other leaders of the DPRK's party and government.

Kim Jong Il (3rd R), top leader of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), and Zhou Yongkang (2nd R), a member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee and secretary of the Political and Legislative Affairs Committee of the CPC Central Committee, watch a grand evening gala held to celebrate the 65th anniversary of the founding of the Workers' Party of Korea (WPK) on the Kim Il Sung Square in Pyongyang, capital of the DPRK, Oct. 10, 2010.

There were nearly 100,000 Pyongyang citizens in traditional costumes forming various phalanxes.

The performance, which was divided into three parts, showcased, through grand and splendid group dances, the development history of the WPK under the leadership of President Kim Il Sung and General Secretary Kim Jong Il and the DPRK's achievements in economic construction and improving people's living standards in recent years.

Zhou arrived here Saturday for a three-day official visit.