Chinese President Xi Jinping will travel to North Korea next week, in his first visit in nearly seven years.
中国国家主席习近平将于下周访问朝鲜，这是他在近七年来的首次访朝。
Kim Jong Un has been trying to improve ties with China, the North's biggest trading partner and provider of aid.
金正恩一直在努力改善与中国的关系，中国是朝鲜最大的贸易伙伴和援助提供者。
The announcement came a day after North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce the material for nuclear bombs, believed to be a uranium enrichment plant.
这一宣布是在朝鲜展示一处用于制造核弹材料的设施后一天作出的，该设施被指为铀浓缩厂。
His trip will be the latest in a series of steps by China to reinforce its close ties with its nuclear-armed neighbour.
此次访问是中国加强与其核武装邻国紧密关系的最新一系列举措之一。
North Korean leader Kim Jong Un has reached out to Russia in recent years, notably by sending troops and conventional weapons to support its war against Ukraine.
近年来，朝鲜领导人金正恩积极向俄罗斯示好， notably 通过派遣部队和常规武器支持其对乌克兰的战争。
But in the past year, Kim has likewise been trying to improve ties with China, the North's biggest trading partner and provider of aid.
但在过去一年中，金正恩同样在努力改善与中国的关系，中国是朝鲜最大的贸易伙伴和援助提供者。
Xi will make a state visit from Monday to Tuesday, local time, Chinese and North Korean state media announced today.
中国和朝鲜官方媒体今日宣布，习近平将于当地时间周一至周二进行国事访问。
His last visit was in June 2019.
他上次访问是在2019年6月。
The trip will serve to advance ties and strengthen regional peace and stability, a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson said on Friday.
中国外交部发言人周五表示，此次访问将有助于推进双边关系，加强地区和平与稳定。
"The traditional friendly and cooperative relations between China and the DPRK [North Korea] have continued to develop in a sound and stable manner, bringing tangible benefits to both countries and their peoples," spokeswoman Mao Ning said.
发言人毛宁表示：“中朝传统友好合作关系持续以健康稳定的方式发展，为两国人民带来了切实利益。”
The trip is coming just a few weeks after Xi hosted US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin in quick succession in Beijing.
此次访问正值习近平在北京接连接待美国总统唐纳德·特朗普和俄罗斯总统弗拉基米尔·普京几周之后。
North Korea's nuclear weapons program has long been a major concern for the United States, which opposes it.
朝鲜的核武器计划长期以来一直是美国的主要关切，美国对此表示反对。
The United Nations has imposed economic sanctions on North Korea because of its nuclear and missile development.
由于朝鲜的核武器和导弹开发，联合国对其实施了经济制裁。
The announcement of the trip came a day after North Korea unveiled a new facility to produce the material for nuclear bombs, believed to be a uranium enrichment plant, though North Korea has not confirmed that.
此次访问宣布的前一天，朝鲜展示了一处用于制造核弹材料的设施，据信为铀浓缩厂，尽管朝鲜尚未对此予以确认。
During a visit to the plant, Kim announced plans to bolster the country's nuclear forces "at an exponential rate", potentially eager to cement his country's status as a nuclear weapons state ahead of Xi's visit.
在视察该设施期间，金正恩宣布计划“以指数级速度”加强国家核力量，这可能表明他急于在习近平访问前巩固其国家作为核武器国家的地位。
Kim has been focusing on expanding his nuclear arsenal since his high-stakes diplomacy with Trump collapsed in 2019.
自2019年其与特朗普的高风险外交破裂以来，金正恩一直专注于扩大其核武库。
Trump has repeatedly expressed his desire to restore diplomacy with Kim, but the North Korean leader has said the US must first drop its demand for North Korea to denuclearise as a precondition for talks.
特朗普多次表示希望恢复与金正恩的外交，但朝鲜领导人表示，美国必须首先放弃要求朝鲜无核化作为谈判的前提条件。
Xi and Kim met in Beijing in September and pledged mutual support and enhanced cooperation.
习近平和金正恩于9月在北京会面，并承诺相互支持和加强合作。
Kim was in the Chinese capital to attend a Chinese military parade alongside other foreign leaders, including Putin.
金正恩出席了中国首都的军事阅兵式，与包括普京在内的其他外国领导人一同出席。
Russia and China, both veto-wielding members of the UN Security Council, have previously frustrated efforts by the US and others to toughen international sanctions on North Korea, despite its banned weapons tests.
俄罗斯和中国均为拥有否决权的联合国安理会成员，此前曾挫败美国及其他国家加强针对朝鲜被禁止武器试验的国际制裁的努力。
At their meeting in Beijing last month, Putin and Xi expressed their opposition to "foreign policy isolation, economic sanctions, military pressure and other methods of creating threats to the security" of North Korea, according to a statement from the Kremlin.
据克里姆林宫声明，普京和习近平在上月北京会晤中，反对对朝鲜实施“外交孤立、经济制裁、军事压力及其他制造安全威胁的方法”。
Embracing the ideas of a "new Cold War" and a multipolar world, Kim has pushed for a more assertive foreign policy by expanding ties with countries locked in confrontation with the United States.
金正恩拥抱“新冷战”和多极世界的理念，通过加强与与美国对抗国家的联系，推动更具进取心的外交政策。
The trip abroad is a relatively rare one for Xi, who has curtailed his international travel sharply since the COVID-19 pandemic.
此次出访对习近平而言相对罕见，自新冠疫情以来，他大幅减少了国际旅行。
love how 'tangible benefits' is code for 'we're normalizing a nuclear dictatorship while ignoring the people suffering under it'. classic elite deflection.
爱死这种把‘切实利益’当成‘我们正把核独裁政权正常化，同时无视受苦民众’的潜台词了。典型的精英式转移视线。