North Korean leader Kim Jong-il is reportedly on his way back home after wrapping up a highly secretive visit to China.

Kim is believed to have held summit talks with Chinese President Hu Jintao on Tuesday and to have asked Beijing to aid Pyongyang's attempts for economic reform, to which Hu reportedly expressed his intention to fully support the North.

A motorcade believed to be ferrying Kim was confirmed to have left the Diaoyutai State Guest House in Beijing Tuesday evening for Beijing Station, suggesting that the reclusive leader has begun his trip back home aboard his special train.

According to a source in Dandong, a special train is reportedly scheduled to pass through Dandong train station in China's Liaoning province around noon Wednesday on its way to Shinuiju.