PYONGYANG, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- A Chinese company has donated solar road lamps for the Friendship Tower in Pyongyang, one of the symbols of the friendship between China and the Democratic People's Republic of Korea (DPRK).

    A total of 26 solar powered road lamps provided by China's Wanxiang Group have been installed around the Friendship Tower.

    During a ceremony held at the tower, Kim Jong Sik, vice chairman of the People's Committee of Pyongyang, hailed the donation, saying the solar lamps made the tower more beautiful.

    It also proved that the Chinese people would continue to develop bilateral relations, he said.

    Liu Xiaoming, Chinese ambassador to the DPRK, and Han Youhong, vice president of the Wanxiang Group were present at the ceremony.

    The Friendship Tower was set up in 1959 and enlarged in 1984. It was thoroughly renovated this July before the 60th anniversary of the establishment of the DPRK-China diplomatic ties.