On January 23, 2013, Xi Jinping, general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China, met with Kim Moo-sung, special envoy of Republic of Korea (ROK) president-elect Park Geun-hye at the Great Hall of the People.

Kim conveyed the greetings from Park to Chinese leaders. In a letter conveyed by Kim to Xi, Park said China is an important neighbor and strategic partner of the ROK. She said the ROK attaches great importance to ROK-China relations and is willing to deepen mutual trust with China, strengthen cooperation in various fields and consolidate and develop bilateral strategic partnership. She hopes to make joint efforts with China for the peninsula's stability and peace and prosperity in Northeast Asia.

Xi asked Kim to convey his greetings and wishes to Park and the ROK people, noting how bilateral ties have boomed in the past 20 years since the two forged diplomatic relationship in 1992. He said the exchanges between both countries have time-honored historical origins. China-ROK relations are entering a new stage and facing new important opportunities, said Xi, who added that China appreciates Park's positive attitude to furthering strategic cooperative partnership between the two countries. Xi said that China highly values the ROK and China-ROK ties and is ready to work with the country to seize the opportunity, ride on such a good momentum, maintain high-level exchanges, and enhance cooperation in political, economic and cultural fields so as to jointly push the China-ROK relations for new and greater development.

Xi said that maintaining peace and stability on the Korean Peninsula is in line with the fundamental interests of China and the ROK. Xi said that the problems on the Korean Peninsula should be solved by addressing both the symptoms and root causes. China called the concerns of all parties involved to be addressed in a balanced manner through dialogue and consultation so as to achieve the denuclearization of the peninsula and its long-term stability, he said, noting that his country expects an early resumption of six-party talks on denuclearization. Xi also stressed that China supports the final independent and peaceful reunification of the peninsula and is willing to play a positive role in promoting it.

Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi and Chinese Ambassador to the ROK Zhang Xinsen attended the meeting.