{"id":8594,"date":"2026-10-14T04:38:58","date_gmt":"2026-10-14T04:38:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=8594"},"modified":"2026-10-14T04:38:58","modified_gmt":"2026-10-14T04:38:58","slug":"china-and-north-korea-to-open-new-yalu-river-bridge-state-media-reports-infrastructure-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sotnews.agency\/?p=8594","title":{"rendered":"China and North Korea to open New Yalu River Bridge, state media reports | Infrastructure News"},"content":{"rendered":"
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The long-delayed bridge will formally open on Thursday, according to China\u2019s state-run Xinhua news agency.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/div>\n

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China and North Korea will officially open the New Yalu River Bridge to traffic on Thursday, China\u2019s state-run Xinhua news agency reports.<\/p>\n

China completed its side of the bridge in 2014, hoping to boost trade ties. However, North Korea left its side unfinished for years as relations soured after Beijing supported United Nations sanctions<\/a> over Pyongyang\u2019s nuclear tests.<\/p>\n

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The first bridge connecting Russia and North Korea also opened<\/a> earlier this month.<\/p>\n

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China\u2019s exports to North Korea rose to a six-year high of $2.3bn last year, a 25 percent increase from the previous year. Chinese President Xi Jinping was welcomed<\/a> in Pyongyang in June for the first time since 2019.<\/p>\n

Since 2018, Beijing has tried to repair ties with Pyongyang, which also briefly began improving<\/a> relations with Washington around the same time.<\/p>\n

The China-North Korea relationship<\/a> was forged during the Korean War. In 1961, the two countries signed<\/a> the Treaty of Friendship, Cooperation and Mutual Assistance, which remains China\u2019s only formal military alliance.<\/p>\n

The treaty contains a mutual defence clause committing either side to assist the other if one comes under armed attack.<\/p>\n

Although China was North Korea\u2019s main diplomatic partner and protector for decades, relations strained after Beijing in 2017 supported tightening sanctions on Pyongyang for its nuclear weapons programme.<\/p>\n

Analysts say North Korea\u2019s recent growing relationship with Russia may have changed the balance of Pyongyang\u2019s diplomatic dependence, reducing its reliance on Beijing.<\/p>\n

North Korea and Russia signed a comprehensive strategic partnership treaty in 2024, including a mutual defence provision. Military and political ties between the two countries have grown considerably stronger,<\/a> with North Korea deploying thousands of troops<\/a> to fight in Russia\u2019s war on Ukraine.<\/p>\n

United States President Donald Trump also signalled an interest in repairing relations<\/a> with Pyongyang last month, after his talks with North Korean leader Kim Jong Un abruptly ended<\/a> in 2019. In his second term, Trump has floated meeting Kim again, though no official meeting has been set.<\/p>\n

North Korea has not yet resumed issuing tourism visas to Chinese citizens, who once made up the bulk of its overseas visitors.<\/p>\n

While North Korea\u2019s trade with Russia largely involves military supplies, exchanges with China could arguably involve goods North Korea needs to develop its civilian economy, analysts have said.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n

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