On August 31, Kim Jong Un, general secretary of the Workers’ Party of Korea and president of the State Affairs of the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea, gave field guidance at regional-industry factories under construction in Hamju County, South Hamgyong Province, together with members of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee, chief secretaries of the provincial Party committees and commanding officers at different levels of the Korean People’s Army who assume heavy responsibilities for the implementation of the Party’s grand regional development strategy, and clarified the principled issues to be adhered to in the construction.
After being briefed on the progress made in the construction, he praised the labour feats of soldier-builders for their endeavour to successfully carry out the sacred revolutionary work while confidently making the first breakthrough in attaining the long-term goal for the regional development.
Going round the construction sites, he expressed his pleasure over the fact that the quality of construction is being ensured on a high level.
He said that the industrial facilities to be built in 20 cities and counties across the country in the first year of the regional-industry revolution are entities directly showing the Korean-style civilization and development and the epitome of our conscience and ideal, redoubled efforts and fighting spirit, adding that any slightest defect should not be allowed in such edifices which would remain forever as the wealth of the people.
As I have always emphasized, what is basic in construction is to ensure quality and any practice of neglecting quality, inclined to speed, is a harmful act that hinders the Party’s policy on regional construction, even if it is slight, he said, adding that such a firm understanding should prevail in the whole of construction.
It is important to enhance the role of skilled workers in order to raise the hot wind of improving quality in the construction sector, but a prerequisite is to modernize and standardize all construction equipment ranging from heavy machines to various kinds of tools of builders, he stressed. He said that practical measures would be taken to decisively increase the proportion of mechanization in regional construction.
Stressing the need to further encourage and expand the habit of evaluating the projects in strict conformity with the quality indices among the army units involved in the construction, construction control organs and other relevant sectors, he clarified the guidelines for thoroughly ensuring the quality of structures in keeping with the requirements of design and construction.
He expressed his view on the comprehensive principles to be maintained in designing industrial facilities, saying that the design sector should develop faster than other sectors at a time when the scope of construction is being steadily widened and the overall struggle for regional construction is intensified in full swing.
After looking round the construction sites, he had a talk with the leading officials accompanying him.
Saying that success in implementing the Party’s policies entirely depends on the leading officials, he pointed out a series of deviations that should be overcome without fail in the working method and style of the leading officials who should become an engine at every worksite of the revolution for comprehensive national rejuvenation.
Analyzing the practices revealed among officials of failing to give substantial and practical guidance for lack of detailed study of the present Party’s policies and the understanding of the Juche-based idea of architectural aesthetics and the importance and characteristics of the relevant construction projects and to rid themselves of the sightseeing-style and stylish-manner guidance method of chanting groundless slogans which are not suited to the mind and age of the masses, he stressed that when they are well versed in the Party’s policies and establish the leading and active attitude and viewpoint in their implementation, even one field guidance would be a realistic and necessary one, a political guidance to the subordinates.
He also referred to the aimless competition which has not been eradicated in the construction sector.
Noting that when a competition is organized in the construction sector, it should be a sure propellant to the cultural efflorescence of socialism, and a competition with the main stress on speed hindering the qualitative development of creation and construction has nothing to do with the mass movements in our era of making a revolution, he said that the army units which have assumed the historic mission of the regional development should actively organize and conduct various competitions to improve radically skills of their officers and soldiers and practical and meaningful mass movements to train skilled workers, improve quality and create landscape.
Saying that the WPK has entrusted the huge and sacred historic process of bringing about regional changes by dint of self-reliance to the KPA, believing in its loyalty and fighting efficiency, he clarified the tasks for giving full play to its might in the honourable gigantic construction campaign.
He said that in order to become a matured vanguard in all aspects, it is important for the KPA to conduct in a positive and fresh way the ideological education instilling into the service personnel the consciousness that they are the creator of material wealth for the people and pioneer of a new era of civilization. He called on the KPA to always share joy and sorrow with the local people as befitting the army of the people, fully display the beautiful traits of unity between the army and the people and briskly conduct the mass movement to do even one more thing good for them, thus further glorifying the image of the revolutionary army and enhancing its distinguished prestige.
All the servicepersons who are performing brilliant feats in the vanguard of struggle for implementing the intermediate- and long-term tasks set forth by the Party are the most precious revolutionary soldiers, he said, calling upon the leading officials of the Party and the government and commanding officers of the military to make every possible effort to provide soldier-builders with better working conditions and hygienic and cultured living conditions.
The commanding officers of the KPA units at all levels and the leading officials of the Party and the government hardened their firm will to powerfully wage the drive for carrying out the Party’s decision thoroughly and perfectly with the most faithful service to the people and good results, bearing deep in mind the instructions of the respected Comrade Kim Jong Un.
