China has vehemently denied leaked reports that it has made preparations for the collapse of the North Korean regime. The said plans included containing the refugees from the country's border.

The leaked plans were made last summer by the People's Liberation Army (PLA), according to a Kyodo report cited by The Guardian.

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Experts, however, denied expressing Beijing's loss of faith in North Korean head Kim Jong-un. Kyodo has reportedly obtained the said documents from undisclosed military sources in China.

The files included plans to build refugee camps along the border, each with a capacity to accommodate 1,500 people. The documents also mentioned plans to detain the leaders of North Korea, the report added.

A Beijing foreign ministry spokesperson said the leaked reports were baseless and that China is still hoping for the stability of the Korean peninsula, according to Xinhua.

The PLA files were reportedly created in the summer of 2013, a few months after North Korea attracted widespread scorn for launching its third nuclear test. The documents called for stricter monitoring of China's border and the setting up of camps to accommodate an unexpected number of refugees, The Guardian detailed.

North Korea was not mentioned in the plans, but the document did refer to China's northeast neighbor "with the hereditary system," the Kyodo report said.

The North could possibly be attacked by an undisclosed foreign force that could bring the regime down, stirring upheaval in the area and causing soldiers and civilians to flee across the Chinese border, the report stated.

Kyodo cited the leaked documents saying in such an event, Chinese officials and military staff should question new arrivals at the border and block the entry of anyone believed to be a threat to the national interest of China.

Meanwhile, the report said North Korea's military and political leaders would be detained separately to protect them from threats of assassination and prevent them from issuing military commands.

Beijing has been irritated with North Korea's pursuit of its nuclear ambitions, but China is still keen to block threats to the regime. The collapse of North Korea would result in the eruption of a humanitarian problem on its north-eastern border.

The integration of the Korean peninsula could bring in unwanted US troops from South Korea to China's gateway, The Guardian reported.