【新唐人2011年5月23日訊】星期日（5月22號），載有朝鮮最高領導人金正日及其他朝鮮官員的火車進入中國揚州。揚州火車站當日警備森嚴，部分道路封鎖，禁止游客進入。

據韓國媒體報導，正在日本東京參加中日韓三國峰會的中國總理溫家寶週日證實，朝鮮最高領導人金正日目前正在中國訪問，考察中國的經濟發展。

金正日這次訪問中國是他一年之內對中國的第三次訪問。

新唐人記者林一綜合報導。

North Korea leader’s train arrives in Yangzhou – report.

Train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-il arrives in eastern Chinese city of Yangzhou.

A train believed to be carrying North Korean leader Kim Jong-il arrived in the eastern Chinese city of Yangzhou on Sunday (May 22) night.

The train was seen driving slowly out of the train station after emptying its passengers out to a vehicle convoy on the train platform.

Security was tight around the Yangzhou train station as police sealed off a section of the roads leading to its compound.

Visitors were also prevented from entering a state guesthouse in the city as security was beefed up at its entrance.

South Korea’s Yonhap News also reported that it appeared Kim has arrived in the scenic city of Yangzhou, near Shanghai. They added it is also possible that Kim may visit Shanghai at some time.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao on Sunday told South Korean President Lee Myung-bak that Kim Jong-il was indeed travelling through China to study “economic development", Yonhap News reported, citing a South Korean presidential aide.

Wen said Kim’s trip would “offer the opportunity to understand China’s development and utilize it for North Korea’s development", according to Yonhap, citing Lee’s public relations aide Hong Sang-pyo.

Neither China nor its neighbour and ally North Korea has confirmed that Kim is visiting. Both are habitually secretive about such trips.