Xi Jinping(L), general secretary of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of China (CPC) and Chinese president, holds a welcoming ceremony for Kim Jong Un, chairman of the Workers' Party of Korea and chairman of the State Affairs Commission of the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK), ahead of their talks at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital of China, June 19, 2018. (Xinhua/Shen Hong)