Politics

The Pyongyang municipal and provincial committees of the Workers' Party of Korea held enlarged plenary meetings to implement the decisions of the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth WPK Central Committee.

The meetings were guided by members of the Presidium of the Political Bureau and members and alternate members of the Political Bureau of the WPK Central Committee.

Present there were members and alternate members of the provincial committees of the WPK and, as observers, officials of Party and power organs and administrative and economic bodies in the relevant regions.

The meetings comprehensively analysed and reviewed the work of the relevant regions for thoroughly implementing the important tasks set forth at the plenary meetings of the Party Central Committee last year, and discussed and decided on the measures for correctly and perfectly carrying out this year's tasks on the basis of the orientation of struggle set forth at the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Party Central Committee.

They analysed and reviewed the successes and experience made and gained in the course of implementing the Party decisions by the provincial Party committees last year and the shortcomings and lessons as well.

They also referred in detail to the tasks and ways for the provincial Party committees to successfully attain the goals for the five-year plan by enhancing their functions and activity in every way.

They stressed the importance of the issue of making the valuable results of the regional development policy, provided under the energetic guidance of the Party Central Committee, prove effective from the first year and, at the same time, pushing ahead with the implementation of the programme for the rural revolution in the new era including the rural housing construction.

The meetings discussed measures to fully satisfy the qualitative and quantitative demands for consumer goods badly needed for the people's living and consistently and substantially implement the socialist policy for children and students by setting as the primary task the normalization of production at regional-industry factories and enterprises and the improvement of the quality of products.

They stressed the need for all Party organizations to do their best to supply school things, supplies and equipment and materials for education, press on with the projects for modernizing schools planned for this year, improve the qualifications of educators and the quality of basic education and keep raising the enthusiasm for supporting the education sector, true to the plan and intention of the Party Central Committee to get the DPRK recognized as a country which attaches primary importance to education and which is most advanced in education in the world.

They also indicated the ways for further improving the land and urban management and establishing a well-regulated crisis control system to definitely enhance the disaster prevention capability of relevant regions.

The meetings raised the matters of principle that the provincial Party committees and Party organizations at all levels should adhere to in actively arousing the Party members and other working people to the implementation of the decisions of the Party Congress while expanding the valuable experience they gained in last year's struggle and strictly overcoming deviations.

The plenary meeting of the Pyongyang Municipal Party Committee underscored the need for Pyongyang, the capital city of the dignified state, to create exemplary successes and excellent experience in all fields of politics, the economy and culture and make the Party members and other working people fulfil their duty as citizens of the capital city in splendidly glorifying the 80th birthday of the Party and the 80th anniversary of national liberation as the grand political festivals of victory and glory.

The plenums of South Phyongan and North and South Hamgyong provincial and Nampho municipal Party committees were held amid the revolutionary enthusiasm of the participants to concentrate all their efforts on attaining the important goals set forth at the plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee so as to dynamically lead the overall economic development and carry out the readjustment and reinforcement plans and thus successfully implement the decisions of the Eighth Congress of the Party.

Those of North and South Hwanghae provincial Party committees discussed in depth the issues of making good preparations for this year's farming, on the basis of scientific analysis of the successes, experience and lessons gained in last year's farming, doing all farm work more scientifically and steadily firing the agricultural workers' zeal for production and thereby guaranteeing the Party's agricultural policy with increased grain production.

The plenary meeting of the North Phyongan Provincial Committee of the Party showed the strong desire to repay the loving care and benevolence with loyalty and patriotism and with dynamic creation and innovation, always cherishing the revolutionary journey of 2024 to be specially recorded in the history of the WPK's people-first politics.

The plenums of Jagang, Kangwon and Ryanggang provincial and Rason and Kaesong municipal committees of the Party indicated the ways of key importance in preserving regional features in the development of regional economy and bettering the people's living standards, true to the idea and spirit of the plenary meeting of the Party Central Committee.

Speeches were made at the plenary meetings.

At the meetings, there were sectional consultative meetings to confirm the detailed goals for regions and units and work out plans for attaining them, on the basis of the important tasks and fighting strategy set forth at the Eleventh Plenary Meeting of the Eighth Central Committee of the Party.

Adopted at the meetings with unanimous approval were decisions drawn up on the premise of the participants' immense enthusiasm to faithfully discharge their responsibility and duty in this year's crucial struggle for the successful fulfilment of the five-year plan and of definite practical guarantee.