SEOUL, South Korea — A special envoy from President Xi Jinping of China discussed regional and mutual concerns with senior North Korean officials in Pyongyang on Saturday, the North’s state media said.

The trip by the special envoy, Song Tao, to the North Korean capital came as the Trump administration pressed Mr. Xi to help restrain North Korea’s nuclear and missile programs by exerting China’s economic leverage over its impoverished neighbor.

“The two sides exchanged their views on such matters of mutual concern as the situation of the Korean Peninsula and region and bilateral relations,” the North’s official Korean Central News Agency said, without offering further details on Mr. Song’s discussions with Ri Su-yong, a top North Korean foreign relations official.

During his visit, Mr. Song was widely expected to try to ease the standoff over North Korea’s nuclear weapons and missile programs.