A Phoenix TV news screen grab shows Wu Dawei (center), China's special envoy for Korean Peninsula affairs, talking with North Korean official after arriving in Pyongyang on Tuesday. Photo: ifeng.com

  

China's Ministry of Foreign Affairs confirmed with the Global Times on Tuesday evening that Wu Dawei, China's special envoy for Korean Peninsula affairs, is now in Pyongyang to "exchange ideas over the current situation." 

The visit is widely seen as China's latest move to bring North Korea back to the Six-Party Talks after its fourth nuclear bomb test. But the foreign ministry declined to comment on the specific details of Wu's visit.

The US and South Korea have been pushing for tougher sanctions on the North after it announced a successful test of a hydrogen bomb on January 6. The US also believes that North Korea is planning to test-fire a long-range rocket soon.