Politics

Choe Ryong Hae, member of the Presidium of the Political Bureau of the Central Committee of the Workers' Party of Korea, first vice-president of the State Affairs Commission of the DPRK and chairman of the Standing Committee of the Supreme People's Assembly, inspected various units in South Hamgyong Province.

Learning in detail about the production at the Sinpho Canned Fish Factory, Jongphyong County Foodstuff Factory and Hamhung Wheat Processing Factory, he called upon the officials and employees to give precedence to the supply of raw and other materials and boost the output through a brisk mass technical innovation movement, fully aware of the importance of their duty in improving the people's diet and implementing the Party's childcare policy.

He acquainted himself with the project for updating the Ryongsong Machine Complex on the spot and stressed the need for all the builders to push ahead with the project as scheduled while ensuring the quality of construction. He noted that the Ryonpho Greenhouse Farm should put the production of vegetables on a normal track by dint of science and technology so that the benevolence of the Party reaches the people better.

At the mother tree nursery and the Ryulsong Farm in Jongphyong County, he called for further increasing the output of saplings for afforestation and greening and making careful preparations for next year's farming, taking into full consideration the prospect of the regional economic development.

Going round classrooms, labs and music and dance rooms of Haeam Primary School and Sinpho Senior Middle School in the city of Sinpho, he said that the teaching staff should bring about innovations in the contents and methods of education and steadily improve the educational conditions and environments, true to the intention of the Party which most prioritizes the education of the rising generations. He underscored the need for the Hamhung School Uniform Factory to make full preparations for the production of school uniforms for the new year.

Learning about the work of the people's power organs at all levels in South Hamgyong Province, he underlined the need for the officials and deputies to power organs to further enhance their sense of responsibility and role in successfully concluding the struggle for this significant year, ensuring that the policies of the Party and the state for the people are correctly implemented, making the people have a stronger law-abiding spirit and establishing a revolutionary climate of law observance.

Meanwhile, he took part in the meetings for awarding the title of model education city to Sinpho and the title of model sports county to Jongphyong County of South Hamgyong Province.