-lsb- pak -rsb- not long ago , kim il -song had made , it seems to me , a remark of major proportion when he said , `` china 's reform is encouraging to us , north koreans , '' during the visit to pyongyan by -lrb- wang han -mu -rrb- , -lrb- vice chairman of the national people 's congress -lrb- npc -rrb- -rrb- of china .