China’s Xi stays at exclusive Pyongyang guest house near shrines to former supreme leaders

Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a two-day state visit to North Korea, which began on Monday. He is staying at the Kumsusan State Guest House in Pyongyang, a secluded facility completed in 2019.

CJ Cao JiaxuanSouth China Morning PostFiled 2026-06-09 · 01:00 GMTLean · Center-RightRead · 1 min

China’s Xi stays at exclusive Pyongyang guest house near shrines to former supreme leaders

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a two-day state visit to North Korea, which began on Monday. He is staying at the Kumsusan State Guest House in Pyongyang, a secluded facility completed in 2019. Xi was welcomed by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un at the airport and attended a ceremony in Kim Il-sung Square before proceeding to the guest house. This guest house was first used by Xi during his previous visit in 2019. Prior to its construction, foreign leaders like Jiang Zemin, Hu Jintao, and Jimmy Carter stayed at the Paekhwawon guest house. The Kumsusan State Guest House is located near the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun, North Korea's most significant political site.

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The Kumsusan Palace of the Sun is located near the guest house.

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The Kumsusan State Guest House was completed in 2019 and first used during Xi's 2019 visit.

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Xi Jinping is staying at the Kumsusan State Guest House in Pyongyang.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping is on a two-day state visit to North Korea.

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Chinese President Xi Jinping has returned to Pyongyang’s Kumsusan State Guest House, the highly secluded counterpart to Beijing’s Diaoyutai State Guest House.Xi began a two-day state visit to North Korea on Monday. He was welcomed at the airport by North Korean leader Kim Jong-un, before attending a welcoming ceremony at Pyongyang’s Kim Il-sung Square and then heading on to the guest house.The guest house, completed in 2019, was first publicly used during Xi’s visit to North Korea that year.Before its construction, North Korea primarily hosted foreign dignitaries at the Paekhwawon guest house, built in 1983.Then Chinese presidents Jiang Zemin and Hu Jintao both stayed at Paekhwawon during their visits to Pyongyang, as did former US president Jimmy Carter.Near the Kumsusan guest house lies the Kumsusan Palace of the Sun – North Korea’s most sacred political site.

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